🔗 Share this article

Tehran is prepared to resume nuclear negotiations with Washington provided that it is handled with "respect" and "respect", Iran's foreign minister has declared.

The Iranian diplomat said only diplomacy was effective, and revealed recent overtures had been made by mediators to resume discussions with the Trump administration. He said Iran possessed no secret atomic facilities, and Iran was not yet able to allow the UN nuclear inspectorate to access bombed nuclear sites for security reasons.

Navigating a Difficult Course

Araghchi is treading a challenging route since Iran wishes not to be perceived to be proceeding from a position of vulnerability, and he emphatically stated that Iran had come out stronger defensively and mentally from the Israeli-US attack on its atomic facilities in June.

He was speaking at a strategic meeting in Tehran where he reaffirmed that Iran had "a fundamental entitlement to enrich uranium domestically that it will always maintain" – the key factor of the deadlock in the prior discussions.

Previous Negotiations Unexpectedly Terminated

The previous five rounds of talks between the US and Iran were concluded unexpectedly and hostile termination on 12 June when the Israeli government, with US support, targeted Iran's enrichment centers in a 12-day war that ended with Donald Trump declaring the locations had been eliminated. Afterward, EU nations employed their right to reimpose UN-wide sanctions, but Iran maintains they have not had a major impact.

Perfect Agreement Offered

Iran's diplomats stated they felt they had achieved a "magic solution" to the uranium processing matter in previous talks, when it was settled an Iran-based consortium with American involvement could process nuclear material. The two nations would have been able to claim victory since home-based processing would have continued and the US could be confident that Iran's enrichment initiative was exclusively peaceful.

It had not been settled in the negotiations that US nuclear scientists could function inside Iran, but that was a reasonable assumption of the cooperative offer. Diplomats stated repeatedly they had achieved a deal with the US representative the American negotiator only for the arrangement to disintegrate due to "detractors in America".

Present Status

Iran's diplomats declared the cooperative arrangement was now no longer available, but it seems highly likely the suggestion could be resurrected in some form if talks resume.

The US president in recent days claimed he had been getting signals that Iran desired to restart talks, but in private Iran's diplomats state they are not yet getting clear proposals from the United States either explicitly or from significant local go-betweens, such as the Qatari government, the Egyptian leadership, Oman and Saudi Arabia. The Tehran's diplomatic corps has been accused of passivity in the wake of Trump's direct instinctive approach, but Tehran says negotiations is not part of a spectacle.

Negotiating Stance

In his speech to the gathering, aimed to depict the US as a controlling nation that abuses the idea of international law, the foreign minister stated the two-week conflict revealed the clash could not be resolved by combat operations. He said the assaults began with a Washington's ultimatum for an total Iran submission and ended with an complete request for a halt to hostilities.

Iran is assured the initial Israeli attacks were executed with full US knowledge and cooperation, making confidence hard to restore.

Dialogue Stays the Final Answer

Araghchi declared: "Tehran was not the one that had deserted diplomacy; it was the United States and the European states that had always tried to impose their demands during the negotiations. Negotiations can still be active and stays the ultimate answer to resolve disputes, but its criteria, regulations and tenets must be adhered to."

"If they speak to the citizens of Tehran with the approach of respect and respect, they will receive a answer in the equivalent tone."

Recovery and Recovery

In what is portrayed by Iranian officials as the struggle of repair and rebuilding, the foreign minister stated he was confident Iran's defence capabilities "are considerably enhanced than preceding 13 or 14 June of this year. Our entire military infrastructure have been reestablished. We acquired numerous insights from this engagement; we have discovered our own weaknesses and the shortcomings of the enemy."

He stated: "We successfully passed this conflict. Our atomic expertise, which they intended to eliminate, continues to exist. The facilities and machinery, if eliminated, will be restored; what is important is the determination of the nation of Iran and then the unity of the country that they aimed at, but were unable to shatter. The Iranian people have grown more powerful, more cohesive, and more supportive of the leadership and the country in the wake of this invasion."