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Tehran is prepared to resume nuclear talks with the United States provided that it is handled with "dignity" and "respect", Iran's foreign minister has stated.

Abbas Araghchi declared solely negotiations produced results, and shared recent overtures had been made by go-betweens to resume talks with the American leadership. He claimed Iran had zero secret atomic facilities, and Iran was not yet able to permit the UN nuclear inspectorate to access bombed nuclear sites for protective measures.

Navigating a Difficult Course

The foreign minister is walking a challenging course since Iran does not want be perceived to be proceeding from a stance of vulnerability, and he insisted repeatedly that Iran had arisen more powerful defensively and psychologically from the joint assault on its nuclear sites in June.

He was addressing at a strategic meeting in Tehran where he reaffirmed that Iran had "a fundamental entitlement to process nuclear material on home soil that it will never give up" – the primary cause of the deadlock in the previous talks.

Earlier Discussions Suddenly Terminated

The previous five rounds of talks between the United States and Iran were ended suddenly and bitter termination on 12 June when the Israeli government, with Washington's assistance, attacked Tehran's atomic facilities in a 12-day war that concluded with the US president asserting the sites had been eliminated. Subsequently, Western states employed their right to reinstate global restrictions, but Iran maintains they have not had a significant effect.

Ideal Resolution Suggested

Tehran representatives said they felt they had reached a "perfect agreement" to the enrichment issue in earlier negotiations, when it was settled an Iran-based consortium with US participation could enrich uranium. The two nations would have been able to declare success since domestic enrichment would have persisted and the US could be confident that Iran's enrichment initiative was exclusively peaceful.

It had not been settled in the talks that American atomic experts could function within Iranian territory, but that was a logical implication of the cooperative offer. Diplomats claimed three times they had achieved a deal with Washington's diplomat the American negotiator only for the deal to disintegrate due to "detractors in America".

Existing Status

Iran's diplomats stated the cooperative arrangement was now off the table, but it seems very probable the suggestion could be resurrected in some form if negotiations reopen.

The US president recently said he had been obtaining communications that Iran wanted to reopen negotiations, but confidentially Iran's diplomats state they are not yet receiving clear proposals from Washington either straightforwardly or from significant local go-betweens, such as Qatar, the Egyptian leadership, Oman 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 asserts diplomacy is not part of a performance.

Negotiating Position

In his speech to the gathering, aimed to paint the US as a hegemonic power that exploits the notion of international law, the foreign minister stated the 12-day war demonstrated the clash could not be ended by armed force. He asserted the attacks commenced with a US demand for an complete Tehran capitulation and culminated with an absolute demand for a ceasefire.

Iran is certain the opening assaults from Tel Aviv were mounted with complete American awareness and coordination, making confidence hard to reestablish.

Negotiations Stays the Ultimate Resolution

Araghchi said: "Tehran was not the one that had abandoned negotiations; it was the United States and the European states that had repeatedly sought to enforce their desires during the discussions. Diplomacy can still be viable and stays the final solution to address disputes, but its criteria, rules and tenets must be adhered to."

"If they speak to the nation of Iran with the language of dignity and respect, they will receive a answer in the identical language."

Repair and Recovery

In what is characterized by Tehran representatives as the battle of restoration and rebuilding, the foreign minister stated he was certain Iran's defence capabilities "are considerably enhanced than before 13 or 14 June of this year. Every aspect of our defense have been reestablished. We gained numerous insights from this engagement; we have discovered our own weaknesses and the shortcomings of the adversary."

He stated: "We effectively endured this war. Our atomic expertise, which they aimed to eliminate, stays intact. The sites and equipment, if damaged, will be restored; what is crucial is the resolve of the nation of Iran and then the unity of the country that they sought to undermine, but did not succeed to destroy. The Iranian people have grown stronger, more integrated, and more endorsing of the government and the state in the wake of this attack."