Tehran Says It Could Return to US Atomic Negotiations if Approached with 'Dignity' and 'Honor'

Iran is willing to resume atomic talks with the United States on condition that it is approached with "dignity" and "honor", Tehran's top diplomat has announced.

Abbas Araghchi declared solely negotiations produced results, and disclosed new appeals had originated from mediators to resume negotiations with the US government. He asserted Iran possessed no secret atomic facilities, and Tehran was not yet able to permit the UN nuclear inspectorate to access attacked atomic facilities for security reasons.

Walking a Complex Course

Araghchi is walking a difficult path since Iran does not want be seen to be operating from a stance of weakness, and he insisted repeatedly that Iran had emerged stronger militarily and mentally from the Israeli-US attack on its nuclear sites in June.

He was talking at a security conference in Tehran where he reaffirmed that Iran had "an absolute privilege to enrich uranium within its borders that it will perpetually retain" – the key factor of the stalemate in the earlier negotiations.

Previous Discussions Abruptly Terminated

The earlier sessions of negotiations between the United States and Iran were concluded unexpectedly and acrimonious end on 12 June when Israel, with US support, targeted Iran's enrichment centers in a two-week conflict that concluded with the US president asserting the facilities had been eliminated. Following this, Western states employed their authority to restore UN-wide sanctions, but Iran maintains they have not had a major impact.

Ideal Resolution Suggested

Iran's diplomats said they felt they had achieved a "ideal resolution" to the nuclear fuel concern in previous talks, when it was settled an domestic cooperative with American involvement could process nuclear material. Both sides would have been able to claim victory since local refinement would have persisted and the US could be assured that Iran's enrichment initiative was exclusively peaceful.

It had not been decided in the talks that American atomic experts could work on Iranian soil, but that was a logical implication of the partnership suggestion. Diplomats stated three times they had achieved a deal with Washington's diplomat the US official only for the arrangement to disintegrate due to "opponents in the US".

Existing Status

Iran's diplomats declared the consortium offer was now no longer available, but it seems very probable the suggestion could be revived in some form if negotiations restart.

The American leader in recent days stated he had been obtaining communications that Iran desired to reopen negotiations, but confidentially Iranian officials claim they are not yet getting coherent offers from America either straightforwardly or from key regional mediators, such as the Qatari government, the Egyptian leadership, the Omani authorities and Saudi Arabia. The Iranian foreign ministry has been charged of inactivity in the wake of Washington's unmediated tactics, but Tehran says dialogue is not part of a show.

Political Standpoint

In his remarks to the forum, designed to portray the US as a controlling nation that exploits the notion of global regulations, Araghchi stated the fortnight-long engagement demonstrated the clash could not be settled by combat operations. He asserted the assaults started with a Washington's ultimatum for an total Iran submission and ended with an unconditional call for a truce.

Iran is convinced the opening assaults from Tel Aviv were executed with total Washington understanding and cooperation, making faith hard to rebuild.

Dialogue Continues the Ultimate Answer

Araghchi said: "Tehran was not the one that had deserted dialogue; it was America and the Western nations that had always sought to impose their desires during the talks. Dialogue can still be alive and continues the ultimate solution to settle disputes, but its criteria, guidelines and principles must be adhered to."

"If they talk to the nation of Iran with the approach of dignity and respect, they will get a answer in the same tone."

Recovery and Reconstruction

In what is described by Iran's diplomats as the conflict of restoration and rebuilding, the foreign minister said he was confident Iran's defence capabilities "are considerably enhanced than preceding 13 or 14 June of this year. Every aspect of our defense have been reestablished. We learned multiple understandings from this war; we have discovered our own weaknesses and the shortcomings of the adversary."

He added: "We successfully passed this engagement. Our enrichment knowledge, which they intended to obliterate, stays intact. The sites and machinery, if damaged, will be rebuilt; what is essential is the determination of the citizens of Tehran and then the national cohesion that they targeted, but were unable to shatter. The Iranian people have grown stronger, more integrated, and more backing of the leadership and the nation in the wake of this assault."