Tehran Declares It Might Return to US Atomic Negotiations provided that Treated with 'Respect' and 'Respect'

Iran is willing to restart atomic discussions with Washington on condition that it is handled with "dignity" and "honor", Iran's top diplomat has announced.

The Iranian diplomat declared only diplomacy produced results, and revealed new appeals had been made by mediators to resume talks with the US government. He asserted Iran possessed no secret atomic facilities, and Iran had not yet reached a point to authorize the UN nuclear inspectorate to access attacked atomic facilities for safety concerns.

Walking a Challenging Path

The foreign minister is treading a difficult path since Iran does not want be seen to be operating from a position of disadvantage, and he emphatically stated that Iran had come out stronger defensively and mentally 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 "a fundamental entitlement to refine atomic fuel on home soil that it will never give up" – the main reason of the deadlock in the previous talks.

Prior Talks Unexpectedly Concluded

The previous five rounds of discussions between the US and Iran were concluded unexpectedly and bitter end on 12 June when the Israeli government, with Washington's assistance, targeted Tehran's atomic facilities in a two-week conflict that ended with the US president claiming the locations had been obliterated. Afterward, EU nations exercised their authority to reimpose global restrictions, but Iran insists they have not had a substantial consequence.

Perfect Agreement Proposed

Iran's diplomats claimed they felt they had reached a "ideal resolution" to the nuclear fuel concern in previous talks, when it was decided an domestic cooperative with Washington's engagement could enrich uranium. The two nations would have been able to assert triumph since domestic enrichment would have continued and the US could be certain that Iran's nuclear programme was solely for peaceful purposes.

It had not been settled in the talks that Washington's technical specialists could operate on Iranian soil, but that was a natural consequence of the consortium proposal. Officials stated on multiple occasions they had secured an understanding with the US representative the American negotiator only for the deal to fall apart due to "spoilers in Washington".

Current Position

Tehran representatives said the consortium offer was now withdrawn, but it seems highly likely the proposal could be resurrected in some form if negotiations restart.

The US president in recent days said he had been obtaining communications that Iran sought to reopen negotiations, but in private Iran's diplomats state they are not yet obtaining coherent offers from America either straightforwardly or from important Middle Eastern intermediaries, such as Qatar, the Egyptian leadership, Oman and Saudi Arabia. The Iranian foreign ministry has been criticized of non-responsiveness in the face of Washington's unmediated tactics, but Iran asserts dialogue is not part of a performance.

Diplomatic Stance

In his address to the gathering, aimed to paint the US as a controlling nation that misuses the notion of global regulations, the foreign minister declared the 12-day war revealed the dispute could not be ended by combat operations. He asserted the assaults started with a US demand for an total Iran submission and concluded with an complete request for a ceasefire.

Iran is convinced the opening assaults from Tel Aviv were carried out with full US knowledge and coordination, making trust hard to reestablish.

Diplomacy Remains the Ultimate Answer

The foreign minister stated: "It was not Iran that had fled dialogue; it was America and the western countries that had consistently sought to impose their demands during the negotiations. Dialogue can still be viable and remains the ultimate solution to settle disagreements, but its criteria, regulations and principles must be followed."

"In case they address to the nation of Iran with the language of respect and honor, they will get a response in the same approach."

Repair and Rebuilding

In what is characterized by Iranian officials as the conflict of repair and recovery, Araghchi said he was confident Iran's military capacities "are considerably enhanced than before 13 or 14 June of this year. Our entire military infrastructure have been restored. We acquired multiple understandings from this war; we have come to know our own weaknesses and the vulnerabilities of the enemy."

He added: "We managed to survive this engagement. Our nuclear technology, which they aimed to eliminate, continues to exist. The installations and equipment, if eliminated, will be reconstructed; what is essential is the resolve of the citizens of Tehran and then the national cohesion that they aimed at, but did not succeed to break. The citizens of Tehran have developed more powerful, more united, and more endorsing of the administration and the nation in the wake of this attack."