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Tehran is prepared to resume atomic discussions with Washington as long as it is treated with "respect" and "respect", Tehran's top diplomat has stated.

Abbas Araghchi declared solely negotiations worked, and disclosed new appeals had come from mediators to reopen negotiations with the American leadership. He asserted Iran had zero undeclared nuclear sites, and Iran could not yet permit the International Atomic Energy Agency to access struck enrichment centers for security reasons.

Walking a Complex Path

Araghchi is navigating a complex route since Iran aims to avoid appear to be acting from a position of vulnerability, and he emphatically stated that Iran had come out more powerful in military terms and mentally from the coordinated strike on its nuclear sites in June.

He was speaking at a security conference in Tehran where he reiterated that Iran had "an absolute privilege to enrich uranium on home soil that it will perpetually retain" – the key factor of the impasse in the previous talks.

Prior Talks Unexpectedly Ended

The prior phases of talks between the US and Iran were concluded unexpectedly and acrimonious conclusion on 12 June when Israel, with American backing, struck Tehran's atomic facilities in a fortnight-long engagement that culminated with the US president declaring the sites had been eliminated. Following this, Western states exercised their right to restore global restrictions, but Iran asserts they have not had a significant effect.

Ideal Resolution Proposed

Iranian officials stated they felt they had attained a "magic solution" to the enrichment issue in prior discussions, when it was agreed an Iran-based consortium with Washington's engagement could process nuclear material. Both sides would have been able to assert triumph since local refinement would have persisted and the US could be assured that Iran's atomic project was solely for peaceful purposes.

It had not been settled in the negotiations that US nuclear scientists could operate within Iranian territory, but that was a logical implication of the cooperative offer. Diplomats stated on multiple occasions they had reached agreement with the US representative the US official only for the agreement to disintegrate due to "spoilers in Washington".

Current Situation

Iran's diplomats stated the consortium offer was now withdrawn, but it seems very probable the offer could be reintroduced in various formats if negotiations resume.

The American leader last week claimed he had been obtaining communications that Iran desired to restart talks, but privately Iranian officials state they are not yet obtaining coherent offers from Washington either explicitly or from important Middle Eastern intermediaries, such as the Qatari government, the Egyptian leadership, the Omani authorities and the Saudi kingdom. The Iran's state department has been accused of non-responsiveness in the face of Washington's unmediated tactics, but Tehran asserts dialogue is not part of a spectacle.

Political Standpoint

In his speech to the forum, aimed to depict the US as a controlling nation that misuses the notion of worldwide standards, the foreign minister said the 12-day war revealed the clash could not be ended by armed force. He stated the strikes began with a American requirement for an complete Tehran capitulation and culminated with an unconditional call for a ceasefire.

Iran is convinced the initial Israeli attacks were carried out with total Washington understanding and coordination, making faith difficult to reestablish.

Negotiations Stays the Ultimate Resolution

Araghchi stated: "It was not Iran that had fled negotiations; it was the United States and the Western nations that had always tried to impose their will during the negotiations. Negotiations can still be viable and continues the final solution to settle disagreements, but its criteria, regulations and fundamentals must be respected."

"In case they speak to the Iranian people with the approach of dignity and honor, they will get a reply in the equivalent tone."

Restoration and Rebuilding

In what is described by Tehran representatives as the conflict of restoration and reconstruction, Araghchi claimed he was certain Iran's defence capabilities "have significantly improved than preceding 13 or 14 June of this year. Every aspect of our defense have been restored. We acquired many lessons from this conflict; we have discovered our internal vulnerabilities and the shortcomings of the adversary."

He added: "We successfully passed this engagement. Our atomic expertise, which they intended to eliminate, remains in place. The facilities and machinery, if damaged, will be rebuilt; what is essential is the will of the nation of Iran and then the national cohesion that they targeted, but were unable to shatter. The nation of Iran have become more powerful, more integrated, and more supportive of the government and the state in the face of this assault."