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Tehran is willing to resume atomic discussions with Washington as long as it is handled with "respect" and "respect", Tehran's top diplomat has announced.

The Iranian diplomat said only diplomacy produced results, and disclosed new appeals had originated from intermediaries to resume negotiations with the American leadership. He asserted Iran possessed no undeclared nuclear sites, and Tehran could not yet authorize the global atomic watchdog to access attacked atomic facilities for safety concerns.

Walking a Challenging Route

Araghchi is navigating a complex course since Iran wishes not to be seen to be acting from a position of weakness, and he emphatically stated that Iran had emerged more powerful militarily and psychologically from the coordinated strike on its nuclear sites in June.

He was speaking at a security conference in Tehran where he restated that Iran had "an absolute privilege to refine atomic fuel domestically that it will never give up" – the primary cause of the deadlock in the previous talks.

Prior Negotiations Abruptly Terminated

The previous five rounds of negotiations between the United States and Iran were ended suddenly and acrimonious end on 12 June when Israel, with Washington's assistance, attacked Tehran's atomic facilities in a fortnight-long engagement that ended with the American leader declaring the locations had been destroyed. Afterward, European countries used their right to reinstate UN-wide sanctions, but Iran maintains they have not had a major impact.

Ideal Resolution Proposed

Tehran representatives claimed they felt they had achieved a "magic solution" to the uranium processing matter in earlier negotiations, when it was settled an local partnership with Washington's engagement could process nuclear material. Each party would have been able to claim victory since local refinement would have remained and the US could be certain that Iran's enrichment initiative was exclusively peaceful.

It had not been decided in the negotiations that American atomic experts could function inside Iran, but that was a natural consequence of the partnership suggestion. Representatives stated repeatedly they had reached agreement with the US representative the US official only for the agreement to fall apart due to "detractors in America".

Present Situation

Iranian officials said the partnership proposal was now withdrawn, but it seems quite possible the proposal could be resurrected in some form if discussions resume.

The US president in recent days claimed he had been obtaining communications that Iran desired to reopen negotiations, but in private Tehran representatives state they are not yet receiving consistent overtures from America either straightforwardly or from significant local go-betweens, such as the Qatari government, Egypt, Oman and Saudi Arabia. The Iran's state department has been accused of non-responsiveness in the wake of the US president's straightforward manner, but Tehran says diplomacy is not part of a performance.

Political Position

In his remarks to the gathering, intended to portray the US as a hegemonic power that misuses the notion of global regulations, the foreign minister declared the 12-day war revealed the clash could not be settled by combat operations. He stated the assaults began with a American requirement for an unconditional Iranian surrender and culminated with an absolute demand for a halt to hostilities.

Iran is convinced the initial Israeli attacks were mounted with full US knowledge and coordination, making faith challenging to restore.

Negotiations Continues the Final Resolution

Araghchi said: "It was not Iran that had abandoned negotiations; it was the United States and the European states that had consistently tried to dictate their desires during the talks. Negotiations can still be alive and stays the ultimate answer to address disputes, but its requirements, guidelines and principles must be adhered to."

"Provided that they talk to the nation of Iran with the tone of dignity and respect, they will get a reply in the same tone."

Repair and Rebuilding

In what is described by Iran's diplomats as the struggle of recovery and recovery, the foreign minister stated he was confident Iran's military capacities "are considerably enhanced than preceding 13 or 14 June of this year. Every aspect of our defense have been restored. We gained numerous insights from this conflict; we have identified our personal limitations and the vulnerabilities of the adversary."

He added: "We managed to survive this war. Our enrichment knowledge, which they aimed to obliterate, remains in place. The facilities and machinery, if eliminated, will be rebuilt; what is essential is the resolve of the citizens of Tehran and then the national cohesion that they aimed at, but did not succeed to destroy. The Iranian people have become more resilient, more integrated, and more supportive of the leadership and the nation in the wake of this attack."