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Tehran is willing to resume atomic talks with Washington on condition that it is treated with "respect" and "honor", Iran's foreign minister has declared.

Abbas Araghchi declared solely negotiations produced results, and disclosed new appeals had been made by intermediaries to restart discussions with the US government. He asserted Iran possessed no secret atomic facilities, and Tehran could not yet permit the UN nuclear inspectorate to access attacked atomic facilities for security reasons.

Navigating a Complex Route

Araghchi is navigating a difficult route since Iran aims to avoid appear to be acting from a position of disadvantage, and he consistently maintained that Iran had come out more powerful militarily and emotionally from the joint assault on its atomic facilities in June.

He was talking at a defense forum in Tehran where he reiterated that Iran had "an absolute privilege to refine atomic fuel domestically that it will never give up" – the main reason of the stalemate in the previous talks.

Prior Negotiations Unexpectedly Concluded

The earlier sessions of talks between the US and Iran were ended suddenly and acrimonious termination on 12 June when Israel, with American backing, attacked Iranian nuclear sites in a 12-day war that concluded with the US president declaring the sites had been destroyed. Following this, European countries used their right to restore UN-wide sanctions, but Iran insists they have not had a significant effect.

Magic Solution Proposed

Tehran representatives said they felt they had achieved a "magic solution" to the enrichment issue in prior discussions, when it was settled an domestic cooperative with American involvement could enrich uranium. Each party would have been able to claim victory since local refinement would have remained and the US could be assured that Iran's atomic project was entirely non-military.

It had not been decided in the negotiations that Washington's technical specialists could work inside Iran, but that was a natural consequence of the cooperative offer. Diplomats claimed three times they had achieved a deal with the US representative the American negotiator only for the arrangement to disintegrate due to "opponents in the US".

Present Position

Iran's diplomats stated the partnership proposal was now no longer available, but it seems very probable the proposal could be reintroduced in various formats if negotiations restart.

The American leader last week stated he had been getting signals that Iran sought to restart talks, but privately Iranian officials claim they are not yet getting clear proposals from America either directly or from important Middle Eastern intermediaries, such as Qatar, the Egyptian leadership, Oman and the Saudi kingdom. The Iran's state department has been criticized of non-responsiveness in the wake of the US president's straightforward manner, but Tehran states negotiations is not part of a performance.

Political Standpoint

In his address to the gathering, intended to paint the US as a controlling nation that exploits the concept of worldwide standards, Araghchi declared the two-week conflict demonstrated the conflict could not be resolved by combat operations. He said the strikes started with a US demand for an total Iran submission and ended with an absolute demand for a ceasefire.

Iran is certain the opening assaults from Tel Aviv were carried out with complete American awareness and cooperation, making confidence hard to restore.

Negotiations Stays the Ultimate Solution

Araghchi said: "Tehran was not the one that had fled negotiations; it was the United States and the Western nations that had consistently sought to impose their demands during the negotiations. Dialogue can still be alive and stays the primary answer to resolve disputes, but its requirements, guidelines and fundamentals must be followed."

"Provided that they talk to the Iranian people with the language of dignity and honor, they will receive a reply in the identical approach."

Recovery and Recovery

In what is described by Iranian officials as the battle of recovery and reconstruction, Araghchi stated he was assured Iran's defence capabilities "are much stronger than before 13 or 14 June of this year. Every aspect of our defense have been restored. We acquired numerous insights from this engagement; we have discovered our personal limitations and the weaknesses of the enemy."

He added: "We managed to survive this conflict. Our enrichment knowledge, which they intended to destroy, stays intact. The sites and gear, if eliminated, will be reconstructed; what is crucial is the resolve of the citizens of Tehran and then the social solidarity that they aimed at, but did not succeed to break. The citizens of Tehran have developed more resilient, more cohesive, and more supportive of the administration and the country in the face of this attack."