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Tehran is willing to resume atomic discussions with Washington on condition that it is approached with "respect" and "respect", Tehran's top diplomat has stated.

Abbas Araghchi stated solely negotiations produced results, and revealed fresh requests had come from intermediaries to restart talks with the US government. He claimed Iran had zero secret atomic facilities, and Iran was not yet able to allow the International Atomic Energy Agency to visit bombed nuclear sites for protective measures.

Walking a Challenging Path

The foreign minister is walking a difficult route since Iran does not want be perceived to be operating from a position of disadvantage, and he insisted repeatedly that Iran had come out more powerful militarily and psychologically from the coordinated strike on its atomic facilities in June.

He was talking at a security conference in Tehran where he reiterated that Iran had "an inalienable right to refine atomic fuel domestically that it will never give up" – the primary cause of the deadlock in the earlier negotiations.

Previous Negotiations Unexpectedly Terminated

The previous five rounds of discussions between the United States and Iran were ended suddenly and bitter end on 12 June when the Israeli government, with Washington's assistance, attacked Iran's enrichment centers in a 12-day war that ended with the American leader claiming the locations had been obliterated. Subsequently, Western states exercised their privilege to reinstate UN-wide sanctions, but Iran insists they have not had a significant effect.

Ideal Resolution Offered

Iranian officials said they felt they had reached a "magic solution" to the uranium processing matter in earlier negotiations, when it was agreed an domestic cooperative with US participation could refine atomic fuel. Each party would have been able to declare success since home-based processing would have persisted and the US could be certain that Iran's atomic project was exclusively peaceful.

It had not been decided in the discussions that American atomic experts could function on Iranian soil, but that was a reasonable assumption of the consortium proposal. Officials claimed repeatedly they had reached agreement with the US representative the US official only for the arrangement to fall apart due to "spoilers in Washington".

Current Position

Iranian officials said the consortium offer was now withdrawn, but it seems very probable the offer could be reintroduced in certain ways if discussions reopen.

The US president recently stated he had been obtaining communications that Iran desired to reopen negotiations, but in private Tehran representatives say they are not yet receiving consistent overtures from the United States either straightforwardly 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 charged of non-responsiveness in the aftermath of Washington's unmediated tactics, but Iran says negotiations is not part of a spectacle.

Diplomatic Standpoint

In his address to the gathering, intended to depict the US as a controlling nation that misuses the concept of global regulations, Araghchi stated the 12-day war revealed the clash could not be settled by military means. He said the strikes started with a Washington's ultimatum for an unconditional Iranian surrender and ended with an complete request for a truce.

Iran is convinced the initial Israeli attacks were executed with complete American awareness and collaboration, making faith difficult to restore.

Diplomacy Continues the Primary Answer

Araghchi declared: "It was not Iran that had abandoned diplomacy; it was America and the European states that had always tried to enforce their demands during the negotiations. Dialogue can still be active and remains the primary answer to settle conflicts, but its requirements, regulations and fundamentals must be followed."

"If they address to the nation of Iran with the approach of respect and respect, they will receive a response in the equivalent approach."

Repair and Rebuilding

In what is described by Tehran representatives as the struggle of restoration and recovery, Araghchi stated he was certain Iran's defence capabilities "are much stronger than prior to 13 or 14 June of this year. Our entire military infrastructure have been reestablished. We learned multiple understandings from this war; we have come to know our personal limitations and the weaknesses of the adversary."

He continued: "We managed to survive this war. Our nuclear technology, which they aimed to destroy, stays intact. The installations and machinery, if eliminated, will be reconstructed; what is essential is the determination of the citizens of Tehran and then the national cohesion that they aimed at, but failed to break. The Iranian people have become more powerful, more integrated, and more backing of the administration and the state in the face of this assault."