🔗 Share this article Tehran Declares It Might Return to American Atomic Talks provided that Handled with 'Respect' and 'Honor' Iran is prepared to reinitiate nuclear discussions with the United States as long as it is treated with "respect" and "respect", Iran's top diplomat has declared. The Iranian diplomat stated solely negotiations worked, and revealed fresh requests had been made by mediators to restart negotiations with the American leadership. He asserted Iran did not have unreported enrichment locations, and Tehran was not yet able to permit the International Atomic Energy Agency to inspect struck enrichment centers for security reasons. Walking a Challenging Path The foreign minister is navigating a complex path since Iran wishes not to be seen to be operating from a stance of weakness, and he insisted repeatedly that Iran had come out more powerful militarily and emotionally from the joint assault on its enrichment centers in June. He was speaking at a defense forum in Tehran where he reaffirmed that Iran had "an absolute privilege to refine atomic fuel domestically that it will perpetually retain" – the primary cause of the stalemate in the prior discussions. Earlier Discussions Suddenly Terminated The earlier sessions of negotiations between the United States and Iran were concluded unexpectedly and acrimonious termination on 12 June when the Israeli government, with Washington's assistance, targeted Iranian nuclear sites in a fortnight-long engagement that culminated with the American leader asserting the sites had been destroyed. Subsequently, European countries exercised their authority to reimpose UN-wide sanctions, but Iran insists they have not had a significant effect. Perfect Agreement Offered Iranian officials said they felt they had achieved a "magic solution" to the enrichment issue in earlier negotiations, when it was decided an Iran-based consortium with Washington's engagement could refine atomic fuel. The two nations would have been able to claim victory since local refinement 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 discussions that Washington's technical specialists could function on Iranian soil, but that was a natural consequence of the partnership suggestion. Diplomats asserted three times they had secured an understanding with the US representative Steve Witkoff only for the agreement to disintegrate due to "opponents in the US". Current Position Iran's diplomats declared the partnership proposal was now no longer available, but it seems highly likely the offer could be revived in some form if discussions resume. The US president recently stated he had been getting signals that Iran sought to resume discussions, but privately Iran's diplomats say they are not yet obtaining clear proposals from Washington either explicitly or from significant local go-betweens, such as Qatar, Egypt, the Omani authorities and the Saudi kingdom. The Iran's state department has been criticized of inactivity in the wake of Trump's direct instinctive approach, but Iran states negotiations is not part of a spectacle. Diplomatic Stance In his remarks to the forum, intended to portray the US as a controlling nation that misuses the notion of international law, the foreign minister said the fortnight-long engagement revealed the dispute could not be settled by military means. He asserted the assaults began with a US demand for an complete Tehran capitulation and ended with an unconditional call for a truce. Iran is assured the initial Israeli attacks were executed with full US knowledge and collaboration, making faith hard to restore. Dialogue Remains the Final Resolution Araghchi stated: "It was not Iran that had fled diplomacy; it was the United States and the European states that had repeatedly sought to dictate their will during the talks. Dialogue can still be active and remains the ultimate answer to settle disputes, but its requirements, rules and principles must be adhered to." "In case they address to the Iranian people with the language of dignity and honor, they will obtain a answer in the same language." Restoration and Reconstruction In what is characterized by Iranian officials as the battle of repair and rebuilding, Araghchi said he was certain Iran's military capacities "are considerably enhanced than preceding 13 or 14 June of this year. Every aspect of our defense have been reestablished. We gained many lessons from this war; we have come to know our internal vulnerabilities and the shortcomings of the enemy." He stated: "We successfully passed this war. Our nuclear technology, which they aimed to destroy, stays intact. The sites and equipment, if damaged, will be reconstructed; what is essential is the determination of the Iranian people and then the social solidarity that they sought to undermine, but did not succeed to destroy. The Iranian people have developed more resilient, more integrated, and more endorsing of the administration and the state in the face of this invasion."