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Tehran is prepared to resume atomic discussions with the United States provided that it is treated with "respect" and "honor", Tehran's foreign minister has declared.

The Iranian diplomat stated solely negotiations produced results, and disclosed recent overtures had been made by mediators to restart negotiations with the Trump administration. He said Iran had zero secret atomic facilities, and Tehran could not yet allow the global atomic watchdog to visit struck enrichment centers for protective measures.

Navigating a Complex Route

The foreign minister is navigating a difficult course since Iran wishes not to be perceived to be proceeding from a position of weakness, and he insisted repeatedly that Iran had arisen more powerful militarily and psychologically from the joint assault on its nuclear sites in June.

He was speaking at a strategic meeting in Tehran where he restated that Iran had "an inalienable right to refine atomic fuel within its borders that it will perpetually retain" – the key factor of the stalemate in the previous talks.

Earlier Negotiations Abruptly Terminated

The previous five rounds of discussions between the US and Iran were ended suddenly and bitter termination on 12 June when the Israeli government, with American backing, attacked Iranian nuclear sites in a fortnight-long engagement that ended with the US president asserting the sites had been obliterated. Subsequently, Western states exercised their privilege to reimpose global restrictions, but Iran asserts they have not had a significant effect.

Perfect Agreement Suggested

Tehran representatives claimed they felt they had achieved a "magic solution" to the nuclear fuel concern in prior discussions, when it was settled an Iran-based consortium with Washington's engagement could process nuclear material. Both sides would have been able to declare success since local refinement would have continued and the US could be assured that Iran's enrichment initiative was entirely non-military.

It had not been agreed in the negotiations that US nuclear scientists could work inside Iran, but that was a logical implication of the consortium proposal. Diplomats claimed three times they had reached agreement with the US representative the US official only for the arrangement to disintegrate due to "opponents in the US".

Current Position

Iran's diplomats declared the cooperative arrangement was now withdrawn, but it seems quite possible the suggestion could be reintroduced in various formats if negotiations reopen.

Trump recently said he had been receiving messages that Iran sought to restart talks, but confidentially Tehran representatives say they are not yet getting coherent offers from Washington either explicitly or from significant local go-betweens, such as Qatar, the Egyptian leadership, Oman and Saudi Arabia. The Iranian foreign ministry has been criticized of passivity in the aftermath of the US president's straightforward manner, but Iran states negotiations is not part of a show.

Diplomatic Position

In his speech to the forum, intended to paint the US as a hegemonic power that abuses the idea of worldwide standards, the foreign minister declared the two-week conflict showed the clash could not be settled by armed force. He stated the assaults began with a US demand for an unconditional Iranian surrender and ended with an unconditional call for a truce.

Iran is certain the initial Israeli attacks were executed with complete American awareness and cooperation, making trust difficult to rebuild.

Negotiations Remains the Final Resolution

Araghchi declared: "Tehran was not the one that had deserted negotiations; it was the United States and the western countries that had consistently attempted to enforce their demands during the talks. Diplomacy can still be active and stays the ultimate resolution to resolve conflicts, but its criteria, rules and tenets must be followed."

"In case they speak to the nation of Iran with the approach of respect and respect, they will receive a response in the identical language."

Restoration and Reconstruction

In what is described by Iran's diplomats as the struggle of recovery and rebuilding, Araghchi claimed he was certain Iran's defence capabilities "are much stronger than prior to 13 or 14 June of this year. All our capabilities have been reestablished. We acquired many lessons from this conflict; we have identified our internal vulnerabilities and the weaknesses of the enemy."

He added: "We effectively endured this war. Our atomic expertise, which they intended to obliterate, continues to exist. The sites and equipment, if destroyed, will be reconstructed; what is crucial is the will of the Iranian people and then the social solidarity that they aimed at, but did not succeed to shatter. The citizens of Tehran have grown stronger, more integrated, and more backing of the leadership and the state in the wake of this invasion."