🔗 Share this article Tehran Declares It Could Rejoin American Nuclear Negotiations provided that Approached with 'Dignity' and 'Respect' Tehran is ready to reinitiate nuclear negotiations with Washington on condition that it is approached with "respect" and "honor", Iran's foreign minister has announced. Abbas Araghchi declared only diplomacy worked, and revealed recent overtures had originated from go-betweens to resume discussions with the Trump administration. He said Iran did not have secret atomic facilities, and Iran could not yet permit the UN nuclear inspectorate to access attacked atomic facilities for security reasons. Walking a Challenging Course Araghchi is navigating a difficult path since Iran wishes not to be seen to be acting from a position of vulnerability, and he insisted repeatedly that Iran had come out more resilient defensively and emotionally from the coordinated strike on its atomic facilities in June. He was talking at a strategic meeting in Tehran where he reaffirmed that Iran had "an absolute privilege to enrich uranium domestically that it will perpetually retain" – the primary cause of the stalemate in the previous talks. Prior Discussions Suddenly Concluded The earlier sessions of talks between the US and Iran were ended suddenly and hostile termination on 12 June when the Israeli government, with American backing, attacked Tehran's atomic facilities in a two-week conflict that ended with Donald Trump claiming the sites had been obliterated. Following this, European countries used their privilege to reimpose global restrictions, but Iran insists they have not had a significant effect. Ideal Resolution Suggested Iran's diplomats said they felt they had reached a "magic solution" to the nuclear fuel concern in prior discussions, when it was decided 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 continued and the US could be certain that Iran's nuclear programme was exclusively peaceful. It had not been agreed in the negotiations that Washington's technical specialists could operate within Iranian territory, but that was a logical implication of the cooperative offer. Representatives stated three times they had achieved a deal with Trump's special envoy the American negotiator only for the arrangement to fall apart due to "opponents in the US". Current Position Iranian officials stated the consortium offer was now off the table, but it seems quite possible the offer could be resurrected in some form if discussions restart. The American leader in recent days said he had been receiving messages that Iran sought to restart talks, but confidentially Iran's diplomats say they are not yet receiving consistent overtures from Washington either straightforwardly or from important Middle Eastern intermediaries, such as the Qatari government, the Egyptian leadership, Oman and the Saudi kingdom. The Iran's state department has been criticized of non-responsiveness in the face of Washington's unmediated tactics, but Iran says diplomacy is not part of a performance. Diplomatic Position In his remarks to the conference, intended to portray the US as a dominant force that exploits the idea of international law, the foreign minister said the fortnight-long engagement showed the conflict could not be settled by armed force. He asserted the assaults began with a Washington's ultimatum for an complete Tehran capitulation and culminated with an unconditional call for a halt to hostilities. Iran is convinced the first strikes by Israel were mounted with full US knowledge and collaboration, making faith hard to reestablish. Diplomacy Continues the Primary Resolution Araghchi stated: "Tehran was not the one that had abandoned dialogue; it was the United States and the Western nations that had repeatedly sought to enforce their will during the negotiations. Dialogue can still be alive and remains the primary answer to settle disputes, but its requirements, rules and fundamentals must be followed." "In case they speak to the Iranian people with the tone of dignity and honor, they will obtain a answer in the same tone." Restoration and Rebuilding In what is described by Iran's diplomats as the conflict of repair and recovery, Araghchi stated he was confident 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 learned many lessons from this war; we have identified our own weaknesses and the weaknesses of the opponent." He stated: "We managed to survive this engagement. Our atomic expertise, which they intended to destroy, stays intact. The sites and equipment, if eliminated, will be rebuilt; what is essential is the determination of the citizens of Tehran and then the unity of the country that they sought to undermine, but did not succeed to break. The nation of Iran have developed more resilient, more united, and more supportive of the leadership and the state in the wake of this assault."