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Iran is willing to resume atomic negotiations with the United States provided that it is approached with "respect" and "respect", Tehran's foreign minister has stated.

Abbas Araghchi stated only diplomacy produced results, and disclosed new appeals had come from go-betweens to resume talks with the Trump administration. He said Iran did not have secret atomic facilities, and Tehran was not yet able to permit the UN nuclear inspectorate to inspect attacked atomic facilities for protective measures.

Navigating a Difficult Route

The foreign minister is navigating a complex course since Iran does not want be perceived to be acting from a position of weakness, and he emphatically stated that Iran had emerged more powerful defensively and mentally from the joint assault on its atomic facilities in June.

He was addressing at a defense forum in Tehran where he reaffirmed that Iran had "an inalienable right to enrich uranium within its borders that it will never give up" – the main reason of the stalemate in the earlier negotiations.

Previous Discussions Abruptly Ended

The previous five rounds of negotiations between the United States and Iran were brought to an abrupt and acrimonious termination on 12 June when the Israeli government, with American backing, struck Iran's enrichment centers in a 12-day war that culminated with the US president claiming the locations had been obliterated. Afterward, Western states employed their right to reinstate international penalties, but Iran insists they have not had a substantial consequence.

Ideal Resolution Suggested

Iran's diplomats stated they felt they had achieved a "magic solution" to the uranium processing matter in prior discussions, when it was agreed an Iran-based consortium with US participation could refine atomic fuel. The two nations would have been able to assert triumph since home-based processing would have continued and the US could be confident that Iran's enrichment initiative was solely for peaceful purposes.

It had not been settled in the talks that Washington's technical specialists could function inside Iran, but that was a logical implication of the partnership suggestion. Representatives stated three times they had reached agreement with the US representative the American negotiator only for the arrangement to fall apart due to "spoilers in Washington".

Present Position

Iran's diplomats declared the consortium offer was now withdrawn, but it seems highly likely the suggestion could be resurrected in certain ways if talks restart.

Trump in recent days claimed he had been getting signals that Iran wanted to restart talks, but privately Iranian officials say they are not yet getting consistent overtures from Washington either directly or from important Middle Eastern intermediaries, such as the Qatari government, the Egyptian leadership, the Omani authorities and the Saudi kingdom. The Iranian foreign ministry has been charged of passivity in the face of Washington's unmediated tactics, but Iran asserts negotiations is not part of a spectacle.

Political Position

In his speech to the forum, intended to portray the US as a hegemonic power that abuses the notion of international law, the foreign minister said the 12-day war showed the clash could not be ended by military means. He asserted the strikes began with a American requirement for an total Iran submission and culminated with an unconditional call for a ceasefire.

Iran is assured the opening assaults from Tel Aviv were mounted with complete American awareness and collaboration, making trust hard to restore.

Diplomacy Remains the Ultimate Answer

The foreign minister stated: "It was not Iran that had fled negotiations; it was America and the Western nations that had always tried to impose their demands during the negotiations. Negotiations can still be alive and stays the final solution to address disagreements, but its criteria, rules and fundamentals must be followed."

"If they address to the Iranian people with the tone of respect and respect, they will receive a response in the identical language."

Repair and Recovery

In what is characterized by Iranian officials as the battle of recovery and recovery, Araghchi claimed he was confident Iran's defence capabilities "have significantly improved than before 13 or 14 June of this year. All our capabilities have been restored. We gained multiple understandings from this war; we have come to know our own weaknesses and the weaknesses of the enemy."

He added: "We successfully passed this engagement. Our atomic expertise, which they intended to destroy, remains in place. The sites and gear, if destroyed, will be restored; what is important is the resolve of the Iranian people and then the national cohesion that they aimed at, but were unable to destroy. The Iranian people have developed stronger, more integrated, and more endorsing of the administration and the nation in the face of this attack."