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Tehran is prepared to resume atomic talks with the United States provided that it is approached with "dignity" and "respect", Iran's foreign minister has stated.

The Iranian diplomat said only diplomacy was effective, and disclosed recent overtures had originated from intermediaries to reopen negotiations with the Trump administration. He claimed 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 Course

Araghchi is treading a complex course since Iran wishes not to be seen to be operating from a situation of weakness, and he emphatically stated that Iran had arisen more powerful defensively and psychologically from the coordinated strike on its nuclear sites in June.

He was addressing at a security conference in Tehran where he reiterated that Iran had "an absolute privilege to refine atomic fuel on home soil that it will always maintain" – the key factor of the deadlock in the earlier negotiations.

Prior Negotiations Unexpectedly Concluded

The previous five rounds of discussions between the United States and Iran were ended suddenly and bitter termination on 12 June when the Israeli government, with American backing, targeted Tehran's atomic facilities in a 12-day war that ended with Donald Trump asserting the locations had been destroyed. Subsequently, EU nations used their right to restore UN-wide sanctions, but Iran asserts they have not had a substantial consequence.

Magic Solution Offered

Iran's diplomats claimed they felt they had achieved a "ideal resolution" to the uranium processing matter in earlier negotiations, when it was agreed an local partnership with US participation could process nuclear material. The two nations would have been able to declare success since domestic enrichment would have remained and the US could be confident that Iran's atomic project was entirely non-military.

It had not been agreed in the negotiations that US nuclear scientists could operate within Iranian territory, but that was a logical implication of the cooperative offer. Diplomats claimed three times they had achieved a deal with Trump's special envoy the US official only for the arrangement to disintegrate due to "detractors in America".

Present Status

Iranian officials declared the cooperative arrangement was now no longer available, but it seems highly likely the proposal could be revived in some form if talks restart.

The US president recently stated he had been receiving messages that Iran sought to reopen negotiations, but privately Iran's diplomats say they are not yet obtaining coherent offers from the United States either directly or from important Middle Eastern intermediaries, such as the Qatari government, Egypt, Oman and the Saudi kingdom. The Tehran's diplomatic corps has been charged of passivity in the face of the US president's straightforward manner, but Tehran asserts diplomacy is not part of a spectacle.

Political Standpoint

In his speech to the conference, intended to portray the US as a controlling nation that exploits the concept of global regulations, Araghchi stated the fortnight-long engagement showed the conflict could not be ended by armed force. He stated the strikes began with a US demand for an unconditional Iranian surrender and culminated with an unconditional call for a halt to hostilities.

Iran is certain the first strikes by Israel were mounted with complete American awareness and coordination, making trust challenging to rebuild.

Diplomacy Remains the Ultimate Answer

The foreign minister stated: "Tehran was not the one that had fled dialogue; it was America and the European states that had repeatedly sought to enforce their desires during the negotiations. Diplomacy can still be viable and stays the final answer to address disputes, but its criteria, guidelines and principles must be followed."

"If they address to the Iranian people with the approach of respect and honor, they will get a response in the identical approach."

Recovery and Recovery

In what is portrayed by Iran's diplomats as the struggle of recovery and rebuilding, Araghchi claimed he was assured Iran's defence capabilities "are much stronger than prior to 13 or 14 June of this year. Every aspect of our defense have been rebuilt. We gained many lessons from this war; we have identified our own weaknesses and the vulnerabilities of the enemy."

He continued: "We managed to survive this conflict. Our enrichment knowledge, which they planned to obliterate, continues to exist. The installations and machinery, if damaged, will be rebuilt; what is essential is the resolve of the Iranian people and then the unity of the country that they sought to undermine, but failed to break. The nation of Iran have become more resilient, more integrated, and more endorsing of the leadership and the nation in the face of this invasion."