🔗 Share this article Iran States It Might Resume American Nuclear Negotiations if Handled with 'Respect' and 'Respect' Tehran is prepared to reinitiate nuclear discussions with Washington as long as it is handled with "respect" and "respect", Iran's top diplomat has declared. The Iranian diplomat said exclusively dialogue worked, and revealed recent overtures had come from mediators to restart talks with the American leadership. He asserted Iran did not have unreported enrichment locations, and Iran was not yet able to allow the International Atomic Energy Agency to inspect attacked atomic facilities for protective measures. Navigating a Challenging Path Araghchi is treading a difficult route since Iran wishes not to be perceived to be operating from a situation of vulnerability, and he emphatically stated that Iran had emerged more resilient defensively and psychologically from the coordinated strike on its atomic facilities in June. He was speaking at a defense forum in Tehran where he restated that Iran had "an absolute privilege to enrich uranium domestically that it will always maintain" – the primary cause of the deadlock in the earlier negotiations. Earlier Negotiations Abruptly Ended The previous five rounds of talks between the US and Iran were brought to an abrupt and bitter termination on 12 June when the Israeli government, with Washington's assistance, targeted Iranian nuclear sites in a 12-day war that culminated with the American leader asserting the facilities had been obliterated. Subsequently, European countries employed their privilege to restore global restrictions, but Iran maintains they have not had a significant effect. Perfect Agreement Suggested Iranian officials stated they felt they had achieved a "magic solution" to the enrichment issue in earlier negotiations, when it was agreed an domestic cooperative with US participation could enrich uranium. Each party would have been able to assert triumph since local refinement would have persisted and the US could be assured that Iran's nuclear programme was exclusively peaceful. It had not been settled in the discussions that American atomic experts could operate within Iranian territory, but that was a natural consequence of the partnership suggestion. Officials claimed repeatedly they had reached agreement with the US representative the American negotiator only for the arrangement to collapse due to "detractors in America". Existing Position Iranian officials stated the consortium offer was now withdrawn, but it seems quite possible the offer could be resurrected in various formats if discussions restart. Trump last week stated he had been receiving messages that Iran sought to reopen negotiations, but confidentially Tehran representatives say they are not yet receiving consistent overtures from the United States either explicitly or from significant local go-betweens, such as Qatar, the Egyptian leadership, the Omani authorities and Saudi Arabia. The Iranian foreign ministry has been accused of inactivity in the wake of Washington's unmediated tactics, but Tehran says dialogue is not part of a spectacle. Negotiating Position In his speech to the gathering, designed to portray the US as a dominant force that abuses the notion of international law, the foreign minister stated the two-week conflict revealed the clash could not be ended by military means. He asserted the strikes commenced with a US demand for an total Iran submission and culminated with an absolute demand for a halt to hostilities. Iran is convinced the first strikes by Israel were carried out with full US knowledge and coordination, making confidence difficult to rebuild. Diplomacy Stays the Ultimate Answer The foreign minister stated: "Tehran was not the one that had abandoned diplomacy; it was the United States and the western countries that had always tried to dictate their desires during the discussions. Negotiations can still be active and stays the primary resolution to settle disagreements, but its requirements, regulations and principles must be adhered to." "Provided that they talk to the nation of Iran with the tone of respect and honor, they will receive a response in the same approach." Recovery and Reconstruction In what is portrayed by Iran's diplomats as the struggle of recovery and rebuilding, the foreign minister said he was confident Iran's security strengths "are much stronger than prior to 13 or 14 June of this year. All our capabilities have been reestablished. We acquired multiple understandings from this engagement; we have come to know our internal vulnerabilities and the weaknesses of the adversary." He stated: "We effectively endured this war. Our nuclear technology, which they aimed to obliterate, remains in place. The sites and equipment, if destroyed, will be reconstructed; what is important is the will of the Iranian people and then the social solidarity that they sought to undermine, but were unable to destroy. The nation of Iran have grown more resilient, more integrated, and more endorsing of the leadership and the state in the face of this assault."