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

Abbas Araghchi declared exclusively dialogue worked, and revealed new appeals had been made by mediators to resume talks with the Trump administration. He claimed Iran possessed no secret atomic facilities, and Iran had not yet reached a point to permit the global atomic watchdog to access attacked atomic facilities for safety concerns.

Walking a Difficult Course

Araghchi is treading a challenging course since Iran does not want appear to be proceeding from a situation of vulnerability, and he consistently maintained that Iran had come out more resilient defensively and emotionally from the joint assault on its atomic facilities in June.

He was addressing at a strategic meeting in Tehran where he restated that Iran had "an absolute privilege to refine atomic fuel on home soil that it will never give up" – the main reason of the impasse in the earlier negotiations.

Prior Talks Unexpectedly Ended

The previous five rounds of negotiations between the US and Iran were ended suddenly and bitter end on 12 June when Israel, with US support, targeted Iranian nuclear sites in a two-week conflict that ended with the US president asserting the sites had been eliminated. Afterward, European countries exercised their right to restore international penalties, but Iran insists they have not had a major impact.

Ideal Resolution Offered

Tehran representatives stated they felt they had reached a "perfect agreement" to the nuclear fuel concern in prior discussions, when it was agreed an domestic cooperative with American involvement could enrich uranium. The two nations would have been able to assert triumph since home-based processing would have persisted and the US could be certain that Iran's enrichment initiative was entirely non-military.

It had not been agreed in the negotiations that US nuclear scientists could operate inside Iran, but that was a reasonable assumption of the consortium proposal. Representatives stated repeatedly they had achieved a deal with the US representative the American negotiator only for the agreement to fall apart due to "detractors in America".

Present Status

Iran's diplomats said the cooperative arrangement was now withdrawn, but it seems highly likely the proposal could be reintroduced in certain ways if negotiations reopen.

Trump recently claimed he had been receiving messages that Iran desired to reopen negotiations, but confidentially Iran's diplomats state they are not yet receiving consistent overtures from America either explicitly or from key regional mediators, such as the Qatari government, the Egyptian leadership, the Omani authorities and the Saudi kingdom. The Tehran's diplomatic corps has been criticized of inactivity in the face of the US president's straightforward manner, but Iran asserts dialogue is not part of a spectacle.

Negotiating Position

In his speech to the gathering, intended to depict the US as a hegemonic power that misuses the concept of worldwide standards, Araghchi stated the fortnight-long engagement demonstrated the dispute could not be resolved by military means. He asserted the assaults began with a American requirement for an unconditional Iranian surrender and ended with an unconditional call for a halt to hostilities.

Iran is convinced the opening assaults from Tel Aviv were mounted with total Washington understanding and cooperation, making faith hard to restore.

Dialogue Remains the Final Answer

The foreign minister declared: "It was not Iran that had deserted diplomacy; it was America and the Western nations that had consistently attempted to enforce their desires during the talks. Dialogue can still be alive and remains the primary solution to resolve conflicts, but its standards, guidelines and principles must be adhered to."

"In case they speak to the Iranian people with the tone of dignity and respect, they will obtain a reply in the equivalent language."

Repair and Recovery

In what is characterized by Iranian officials as the conflict of restoration and recovery, the foreign minister claimed he was assured 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 war; we have identified our personal limitations and the weaknesses of the enemy."

He continued: "We successfully passed this conflict. Our enrichment knowledge, which they aimed to eliminate, remains in place. The sites and equipment, if damaged, will be reconstructed; what is important is the will of the nation of Iran and then the social solidarity that they sought to undermine, but failed to break. The citizens of Tehran have grown more powerful, more united, and more backing of the administration and the nation in the aftermath of this invasion."