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Tehran is willing to resume atomic negotiations with Washington as long as it is treated with "dignity" and "respect", Tehran's foreign minister has stated.

Abbas Araghchi declared exclusively dialogue worked, and revealed recent overtures had been made by intermediaries to reopen negotiations with the Trump administration. He claimed Iran did not have secret atomic facilities, and Tehran could not yet allow the UN nuclear inspectorate to visit struck enrichment centers for safety concerns.

Walking a Complex Path

The foreign minister is walking a challenging route since Iran aims to avoid be perceived to be operating from a stance of disadvantage, and he insisted repeatedly that Iran had come out more resilient in military terms and emotionally from the joint assault on its nuclear sites in June.

He was addressing at a defense forum in Tehran where he reaffirmed that Iran had "an inalienable right to process nuclear material on home soil that it will always maintain" – the key factor of the impasse in the earlier negotiations.

Earlier Negotiations Abruptly Terminated

The earlier sessions of negotiations between the US and Iran were brought to an abrupt and bitter conclusion on 12 June when the Israeli government, with US support, attacked Iranian nuclear sites in a 12-day war that concluded with the US president asserting the locations had been obliterated. Following this, EU nations exercised their authority to reimpose international penalties, but Iran insists they have not had a major impact.

Magic Solution Proposed

Iran's diplomats claimed they felt they had achieved a "perfect agreement" to the uranium processing matter in earlier negotiations, when it was agreed an Iran-based consortium with US participation could refine atomic fuel. The two nations would have been able to assert triumph since local refinement would have persisted and the US could be confident that Iran's nuclear programme was solely for peaceful purposes.

It had not been decided in the negotiations that US nuclear scientists could work on Iranian soil, but that was a natural consequence of the cooperative offer. Diplomats stated three times they had secured an understanding with Washington's diplomat Steve Witkoff only for the deal to collapse due to "opponents in the US".

Current Position

Iran's diplomats stated the partnership proposal was now withdrawn, but it seems very probable the proposal could be revived in certain ways if talks reopen.

The American leader recently stated he had been getting signals that Iran desired to reopen negotiations, but in private Iranian officials state they are not yet obtaining clear proposals from America either explicitly or from important Middle Eastern intermediaries, such as the Qatari government, Egypt, Oman and Saudi Arabia. The Iran's state department has been charged of inactivity in the wake of Trump's direct instinctive approach, but Tehran says negotiations is not part of a spectacle.

Negotiating Position

In his address to the gathering, intended to portray the US as a hegemonic power that misuses the idea of global regulations, the foreign minister said the two-week conflict revealed the conflict could not be settled by combat operations. He stated the strikes started with a American requirement for an complete Tehran capitulation and concluded with an complete request for a halt to hostilities.

Iran is convinced the first strikes by Israel were mounted with full US knowledge and collaboration, making faith difficult to restore.

Diplomacy Stays the Primary Resolution

The foreign minister stated: "It was not Iran that had abandoned diplomacy; it was America and the Western nations that had repeatedly tried to impose their desires during the negotiations. Dialogue can still be alive and stays the final solution to settle disagreements, but its criteria, rules and fundamentals must be followed."

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

Repair and Rebuilding

In what is described by Iran's diplomats as the battle of repair and reconstruction, Araghchi stated he was assured Iran's security strengths "are considerably enhanced than before 13 or 14 June of this year. Our entire military infrastructure have been rebuilt. We acquired numerous insights from this conflict; we have identified our own weaknesses and the weaknesses of the enemy."

He added: "We managed to survive this war. Our enrichment knowledge, which they planned to eliminate, continues to exist. The facilities and gear, if damaged, will be rebuilt; what is important is the resolve of the nation of Iran and then the social solidarity that they aimed at, but were unable to break. The Iranian people have grown more powerful, more integrated, and more endorsing of the administration and the country in the wake of this attack."