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Tehran is ready to reinitiate nuclear negotiations with Washington provided that it is approached with "respect" and "respect", Tehran's foreign minister has announced.

Abbas Araghchi said solely negotiations produced results, and revealed new appeals had been made by mediators to resume negotiations with the American leadership. He claimed Iran did not have undeclared nuclear sites, and Tehran could not yet allow the UN nuclear inspectorate to access bombed nuclear sites for security reasons.

Navigating a Difficult Route

Araghchi is navigating a difficult route since Iran wishes not to be perceived to be acting from a stance of disadvantage, and he emphatically stated that Iran had emerged more powerful in military terms and emotionally from the Israeli-US attack on its nuclear sites in June.

He was addressing at a strategic meeting in Tehran where he reiterated that Iran had "an absolute privilege to refine atomic fuel within its borders that it will never give up" – the primary cause of the stalemate in the prior discussions.

Earlier Discussions Suddenly Concluded

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 American backing, targeted Tehran's atomic facilities in a two-week conflict that ended with Donald Trump asserting the sites had been obliterated. Afterward, Western states exercised their right to reinstate international penalties, but Iran asserts they have not had a significant effect.

Magic Solution Proposed

Tehran representatives stated they felt they had achieved a "magic solution" to the uranium processing matter in previous talks, when it was decided an Iran-based consortium with American involvement could process nuclear material. Each party would have been able to claim victory since home-based processing would have remained and the US could be assured that Iran's atomic project was exclusively peaceful.

It had not been agreed in the talks that US nuclear scientists could work within Iranian territory, but that was a logical implication of the cooperative offer. Representatives asserted on multiple occasions they had secured an understanding with the US representative the US official only for the agreement to disintegrate due to "detractors in America".

Current Status

Iran's diplomats stated the cooperative arrangement was now no longer available, but it seems very probable the proposal could be revived in some form if discussions reopen.

Trump in recent days said he had been receiving messages that Iran sought to resume discussions, but in private Iranian officials state they are not yet receiving clear proposals from Washington either directly or from significant local go-betweens, such as the Qatari government, the Egyptian leadership, Oman and Saudi Arabia. The Tehran's diplomatic corps has been accused of non-responsiveness in the face of Washington's unmediated tactics, but Tehran states negotiations is not part of a spectacle.

Political Standpoint

In his address to the conference, aimed to depict the US as a dominant force that misuses the idea of worldwide standards, Araghchi said the two-week conflict demonstrated the conflict could not be resolved by combat operations. He stated the assaults started with a Washington's ultimatum for an complete Tehran capitulation and culminated with an unconditional call for a halt to hostilities.

Iran is convinced the initial Israeli attacks were mounted with full US knowledge and coordination, making faith difficult to reestablish.

Negotiations Remains the Ultimate Solution

Araghchi stated: "It was not Iran that had deserted negotiations; it was America and the western countries that had repeatedly attempted to enforce their will during the talks. Diplomacy can still be viable and continues the final resolution to address disagreements, but its criteria, rules and principles must be followed."

"Provided that they talk to the Iranian people with the language of dignity and respect, they will get a answer in the same approach."

Recovery and Rebuilding

In what is characterized by Tehran representatives as the battle of recovery and recovery, Araghchi claimed he was confident Iran's military capacities "are much stronger than preceding 13 or 14 June of this year. All our capabilities have been restored. We acquired numerous insights from this conflict; we have come to know our own weaknesses and the weaknesses of the enemy."

He continued: "We successfully passed this conflict. Our nuclear technology, which they intended to destroy, continues to exist. The facilities and machinery, if destroyed, will be rebuilt; what is important is the determination of the citizens of Tehran and then the national cohesion that they sought to undermine, but did not succeed to shatter. The nation of Iran have become more powerful, more united, and more supportive of the government and the country in the face of this attack."