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Tehran is ready to resume nuclear negotiations with the United States as long as it is approached with "dignity" and "respect", Tehran's foreign minister has announced.

Abbas Araghchi declared solely negotiations produced results, and revealed recent overtures had originated from intermediaries to resume discussions with the American leadership. He claimed Iran did not have secret atomic facilities, and Iran had not yet reached a point to permit the global atomic watchdog to access attacked atomic facilities for protective measures.

Walking a Complex Path

The foreign minister is walking a complex course since Iran wishes not to appear to be acting from a stance of vulnerability, and he insisted repeatedly that Iran had arisen more powerful militarily and psychologically from the Israeli-US attack on its enrichment centers in June.

He was addressing at a strategic meeting in Tehran where he restated that Iran had "an inalienable right to enrich uranium domestically that it will perpetually retain" – the key factor of the impasse in the previous talks.

Earlier Discussions Unexpectedly Ended

The prior phases of talks between the United States and Iran were brought to an abrupt and bitter termination on 12 June when Israel, with American backing, struck Iran's enrichment centers in a 12-day war that ended with the US president asserting the locations had been eliminated. Subsequently, European countries exercised their privilege to reinstate international penalties, but Iran maintains they have not had a significant effect.

Ideal Resolution Proposed

Tehran representatives claimed they felt they had achieved a "ideal resolution" to the uranium processing matter in prior discussions, when it was agreed an domestic cooperative with US participation could refine atomic fuel. The two nations would have been able to declare success since local refinement would have remained and the US could be confident that Iran's nuclear programme was solely for peaceful purposes.

It had not been settled in the talks that Washington's technical specialists could work within Iranian territory, but that was a reasonable assumption of the cooperative offer. Representatives 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".

Existing Situation

Tehran representatives stated the partnership proposal was now off the table, but it seems very probable the suggestion could be resurrected in certain ways if discussions resume.

The American leader last week claimed he had been receiving messages that Iran sought to restart talks, but confidentially Tehran representatives state they are not yet receiving consistent overtures from America either explicitly or from important Middle Eastern intermediaries, such as Qatar, Egypt, Oman and Saudi Arabia. The Tehran's diplomatic corps has been charged of passivity in the wake of the US president's straightforward manner, but Iran asserts negotiations is not part of a performance.

Political Position

In his speech to the conference, aimed to depict the US as a hegemonic power that misuses the idea of global regulations, the foreign minister stated the two-week conflict revealed the dispute could not be resolved by armed force. He stated the attacks began with a Washington's ultimatum for an total Iran submission and ended with an complete request for a ceasefire.

Iran is convinced the initial Israeli attacks were executed with complete American awareness and cooperation, making confidence hard to restore.

Dialogue Stays the Primary Solution

The foreign minister stated: "It was not Iran that had abandoned dialogue; it was the United States and the Western nations that had always sought to enforce their demands during the discussions. Diplomacy can still be viable and stays the ultimate answer to resolve disagreements, but its criteria, guidelines and fundamentals must be adhered to."

"In case they talk to the citizens of Tehran with the approach of respect and respect, they will receive a response in the same tone."

Restoration and Reconstruction

In what is characterized by Iranian officials as the battle of recovery and reconstruction, Araghchi said he was certain Iran's military capacities "are much stronger than preceding 13 or 14 June of this year. All our capabilities have been reestablished. We learned many lessons from this war; we have discovered our own weaknesses and the shortcomings of the enemy."

He continued: "We managed to survive this war. Our atomic expertise, which they intended to obliterate, continues to exist. The installations and equipment, if eliminated, will be rebuilt; what is important is the will of the nation of Iran and then the national cohesion that they sought to undermine, but did not succeed to break. The nation of Iran have developed stronger, more united, and more supportive of the administration and the state in the face of this assault."