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

The Iranian diplomat stated exclusively dialogue worked, and revealed recent overtures had been made by intermediaries to reopen talks with the Trump administration. He asserted Iran did not have secret atomic facilities, and Tehran had not yet reached a point to allow the UN nuclear inspectorate to access bombed nuclear sites for security reasons.

Navigating a Challenging Path

Araghchi is walking a challenging route since Iran aims to avoid appear to be acting from a position of disadvantage, and he emphatically stated that Iran had arisen stronger militarily and mentally from the coordinated strike on its nuclear sites in June.

He was talking at a strategic meeting in Tehran where he restated that Iran had "a fundamental entitlement to process nuclear material on home soil that it will never give up" – the main reason of the deadlock in the prior discussions.

Prior Negotiations Abruptly Concluded

The prior phases of talks between the US and Iran were ended suddenly and bitter end on 12 June when Israel, with American backing, attacked Iranian nuclear sites in a fortnight-long engagement that ended with the American leader claiming the facilities had been obliterated. Following this, European countries exercised their authority to reimpose UN-wide sanctions, but Iran maintains they have not had a substantial consequence.

Perfect Agreement Suggested

Iran's diplomats stated they felt they had reached a "magic solution" to the nuclear fuel concern in earlier negotiations, when it was agreed an domestic cooperative with American involvement could refine atomic fuel. Each party would have been able to claim victory since home-based processing would have continued and the US could be certain that Iran's enrichment initiative was entirely non-military.

It had not been agreed in the negotiations that American atomic experts could work on Iranian soil, but that was a logical implication of the consortium proposal. Representatives asserted three times they had secured an understanding with the US representative Steve Witkoff only for the agreement to disintegrate due to "opponents in the US".

Existing Status

Iran's diplomats declared the consortium offer was now no longer available, but it seems highly likely the suggestion could be resurrected in certain ways if negotiations resume.

The American leader last week stated he had been getting signals that Iran wanted to reopen negotiations, but privately Tehran representatives claim they are not yet receiving consistent overtures from America either directly or from important Middle Eastern intermediaries, such as Qatar, the Egyptian leadership, Oman and Saudi Arabia. The Iranian foreign ministry has been accused of passivity in the wake of the US president's straightforward manner, but Tehran asserts diplomacy is not part of a spectacle.

Negotiating Stance

In his address to the gathering, intended to depict the US as a controlling nation that exploits the concept of international law, Araghchi stated the two-week conflict revealed the conflict could not be settled by armed force. He stated the attacks started with a Washington's ultimatum for an total Iran submission and culminated with an absolute demand for a halt to hostilities.

Iran is certain the opening assaults from Tel Aviv were mounted with total Washington understanding and cooperation, making faith difficult to rebuild.

Diplomacy Continues the Final Solution

The foreign minister stated: "Tehran was not the one that had deserted diplomacy; it was America and the Western nations that had always tried to dictate their demands during the talks. Negotiations can still be viable and continues the final resolution to resolve disputes, but its criteria, guidelines and fundamentals must be respected."

"Provided that they address to the nation of Iran with the approach of respect and respect, they will obtain a answer in the equivalent tone."

Repair and Reconstruction

In what is characterized by Iranian officials as the conflict of repair and recovery, the foreign minister stated he was certain Iran's military capacities "are considerably enhanced than preceding 13 or 14 June of this year. All our capabilities have been rebuilt. We gained numerous insights from this war; we have come to know our own weaknesses and the weaknesses of the adversary."

He continued: "We successfully passed this conflict. Our nuclear technology, which they planned to obliterate, continues to exist. The installations and machinery, if destroyed, will be rebuilt; what is important is the will of the citizens of Tehran and then the national cohesion that they targeted, but failed to destroy. The citizens of Tehran have grown stronger, more cohesive, and more endorsing of the government and the nation in the aftermath of this invasion."