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Tehran is willing to reinitiate nuclear discussions with Washington as long as it is treated with "respect" and "honor", Iran's foreign minister has stated.

Abbas Araghchi stated exclusively dialogue was effective, and shared fresh requests had originated from go-betweens to restart talks with the American leadership. He claimed Iran did not have secret atomic facilities, and Tehran had not yet reached a point to allow the UN nuclear inspectorate to access attacked atomic facilities for security reasons.

Navigating a Challenging Route

Araghchi is treading a complex course since Iran wishes not to be perceived to be operating from a stance of vulnerability, and he emphatically stated that Iran had emerged stronger defensively and emotionally from the joint assault on its atomic facilities in June.

He was speaking at a strategic meeting in Tehran where he reaffirmed that Iran had "an absolute privilege to process nuclear material within its borders that it will always maintain" – the main reason of the impasse in the previous talks.

Previous Talks Unexpectedly Concluded

The prior phases of talks between the United States and Iran were concluded unexpectedly and hostile end on 12 June when the Israeli government, with American backing, attacked Tehran's atomic facilities in a 12-day war that culminated with the American leader asserting the sites had been eliminated. Afterward, Western states exercised their privilege to restore international penalties, but Iran asserts they have not had a major impact.

Perfect Agreement Proposed

Tehran representatives claimed they felt they had achieved a "perfect agreement" to the enrichment issue in prior discussions, when it was agreed an local partnership with American involvement could process nuclear material. Both sides would have been able to claim victory since home-based processing would have continued and the US could be confident that Iran's nuclear programme was solely for peaceful purposes.

It had not been settled in the negotiations that US nuclear scientists could work inside Iran, but that was a reasonable assumption of the consortium proposal. Officials stated three times they had secured an understanding with Trump's special envoy the American negotiator only for the arrangement to disintegrate due to "spoilers in Washington".

Present Position

Iranian officials declared the cooperative arrangement was now no longer available, but it seems highly likely the proposal could be revived in various formats if negotiations resume.

The American leader last week claimed he had been obtaining communications that Iran wanted to resume discussions, but confidentially Iran's diplomats claim they are not yet getting coherent offers from the United States either straightforwardly or from key regional mediators, such as Qatar, Egypt, Oman and the Saudi kingdom. The Tehran's diplomatic corps has been criticized of inactivity in the wake of Washington's unmediated tactics, but Iran states dialogue is not part of a spectacle.

Political Position

In his speech to the conference, designed to portray the US as a dominant force that misuses the concept of international law, the foreign minister stated the two-week conflict revealed the conflict could not be resolved by combat operations. He stated the assaults commenced with a Washington's ultimatum for an unconditional Iranian surrender and ended with an unconditional call for a truce.

Iran is convinced the first strikes by Israel were executed with total Washington understanding and collaboration, making faith challenging to restore.

Negotiations Remains the Final Resolution

Araghchi declared: "It was not Iran that had fled dialogue; it was the United States and the western countries that had consistently sought to dictate their demands during the talks. Diplomacy can still be active and remains the primary solution to address conflicts, but its criteria, regulations and tenets must be respected."

"Provided that they address to the Iranian people with the language of respect and respect, they will get a answer in the equivalent approach."

Repair and Rebuilding

In what is portrayed by Iranian officials as the battle of restoration and recovery, Araghchi claimed he was certain Iran's defence capabilities "are much stronger than before 13 or 14 June of this year. All our capabilities have been restored. We learned many lessons from this war; we have identified our internal vulnerabilities and the weaknesses of the adversary."

He continued: "We successfully passed this war. Our nuclear technology, which they aimed to destroy, stays intact. The installations and machinery, if eliminated, will be restored; what is important is the will of the citizens of Tehran and then the national cohesion that they targeted, but were unable to destroy. The Iranian people have developed more resilient, more cohesive, and more endorsing of the leadership and the nation in the face of this invasion."