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Tehran is ready to restart atomic negotiations with the United States provided that it is handled with "dignity" and "respect", Tehran's top diplomat has declared.

Abbas Araghchi said solely negotiations produced results, and disclosed new appeals had been made by go-betweens to reopen talks with the American leadership. He claimed Iran did not have undeclared nuclear sites, and Tehran could not yet authorize the UN nuclear inspectorate to visit bombed nuclear sites for safety concerns.

Navigating a Challenging Route

Araghchi is navigating a difficult path since Iran does not want appear to be operating from a position of vulnerability, and he emphatically stated that Iran had arisen more powerful in military terms and mentally from the joint assault on its nuclear sites in June.

He was addressing at a strategic meeting in Tehran where he reaffirmed that Iran had "an absolute privilege to refine atomic fuel on home soil that it will perpetually retain" – the primary cause of the stalemate in the earlier negotiations.

Prior Negotiations Abruptly Ended

The earlier sessions of negotiations between the United States and Iran were ended suddenly and acrimonious termination on 12 June when the Israeli government, with Washington's assistance, attacked Tehran's atomic facilities in a fortnight-long engagement that concluded with Donald Trump claiming the sites had been eliminated. Following this, EU nations used their privilege to reinstate UN-wide sanctions, but Iran maintains they have not had a significant effect.

Magic Solution Offered

Iranian officials stated they felt they had reached a "ideal resolution" to the uranium processing matter in prior discussions, when it was settled an domestic cooperative with Washington's engagement could process nuclear material. Each party would have been able to claim victory since local refinement would have persisted and the US could be confident that Iran's nuclear programme was exclusively peaceful.

It had not been settled in the talks that American atomic experts could operate on Iranian soil, but that was a natural consequence of the cooperative offer. Diplomats asserted three times they had achieved a deal with Trump's special envoy the American negotiator only for the arrangement to disintegrate due to "opponents in the US".

Present Situation

Iranian officials declared the partnership proposal was now no longer available, but it seems highly likely the suggestion could be reintroduced in some form if talks resume.

The US president in recent days stated he had been receiving messages that Iran desired to reopen negotiations, but confidentially Tehran representatives state they are not yet getting coherent offers from Washington either explicitly or from key regional mediators, such as Qatar, the Egyptian leadership, the Omani authorities and the Saudi kingdom. The Iran's state department has been criticized of inactivity in the wake of Washington's unmediated tactics, but Iran asserts diplomacy is not part of a show.

Political Standpoint

In his speech to the forum, intended to paint the US as a hegemonic power that abuses the concept of global regulations, Araghchi said the two-week conflict revealed the clash could not be settled by combat operations. He asserted the attacks began with a Washington's ultimatum for an total Iran submission and culminated with an absolute demand for a ceasefire.

Iran is certain the first strikes by Israel were mounted with full US knowledge and collaboration, making confidence hard to reestablish.

Diplomacy Stays the Ultimate Answer

Araghchi declared: "It was not Iran that had abandoned diplomacy; it was America and the European states that had always sought to impose their desires during the discussions. Negotiations can still be active and remains the primary solution to resolve disputes, but its criteria, guidelines and fundamentals must be respected."

"If they address to the nation of Iran with the language of dignity and respect, they will receive a answer in the equivalent language."

Repair and Recovery

In what is characterized by Iran's diplomats as the conflict of restoration and recovery, Araghchi claimed he was confident 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 acquired multiple understandings from this conflict; we have discovered our own weaknesses and the shortcomings of the enemy."

He added: "We successfully passed this conflict. Our enrichment knowledge, which they intended to destroy, stays intact. The installations and equipment, if eliminated, will be restored; what is crucial is the determination of the nation of Iran and then the national cohesion that they targeted, but did not succeed to shatter. The nation of Iran have grown stronger, more integrated, and more backing of the leadership and the country in the face of this assault."