🔗 Share this article Tehran States It May Rejoin US Atomic Talks provided that Treated with 'Dignity' and 'Honor' Iran is prepared to resume atomic talks with the United States as long as it is approached with "dignity" and "respect", Iran's top diplomat has announced. The Iranian diplomat stated exclusively dialogue worked, and shared recent overtures had come from intermediaries to reopen negotiations with the Trump administration. He said Iran possessed no secret atomic facilities, and Iran had not yet reached a point to allow the UN nuclear inspectorate to inspect bombed nuclear sites for safety concerns. Navigating a Complex Path Araghchi is walking a challenging course since Iran aims to avoid be seen to be acting from a situation of weakness, and he insisted repeatedly that Iran had arisen stronger defensively and psychologically from the joint assault on its atomic facilities 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 always maintain" – the primary cause of the stalemate in the earlier negotiations. Previous Discussions Suddenly Ended The prior phases of talks between the US and Iran were brought to an abrupt and bitter termination on 12 June when the Israeli government, with American backing, targeted Tehran's atomic facilities in a two-week conflict that concluded with Donald Trump asserting the facilities had been destroyed. Subsequently, EU nations employed their authority to restore international penalties, but Iran maintains they have not had a substantial consequence. Ideal Resolution Suggested Iranian officials said they felt they had achieved a "perfect agreement" to the enrichment issue in earlier negotiations, when it was settled an local partnership with US participation could refine atomic fuel. The two nations would have been able to declare success since local refinement would have persisted and the US could be confident that Iran's nuclear programme was solely for peaceful purposes. It had not been decided in the negotiations that American atomic experts could work inside Iran, but that was a reasonable assumption of the consortium proposal. Diplomats claimed three times they had reached agreement with Trump's special envoy the American negotiator only for the deal to fall apart due to "spoilers in Washington". Present Status Iran's diplomats declared the cooperative arrangement was now withdrawn, but it seems very probable the offer could be reintroduced in various formats if discussions restart. The US president last week stated he had been getting signals that Iran wanted to resume discussions, but confidentially Iran's diplomats claim they are not yet receiving coherent offers from the United States either explicitly or from key regional mediators, such as the Qatari government, Egypt, the Omani authorities and the Saudi kingdom. The Iranian foreign ministry has been criticized of passivity in the face of Washington's unmediated tactics, but Iran states diplomacy is not part of a performance. Negotiating Position In his speech to the gathering, intended to depict the US as a controlling nation that abuses the notion of worldwide standards, Araghchi declared the two-week conflict demonstrated the clash could not be resolved by military means. He stated the attacks started with a Washington's ultimatum for an total Iran submission and concluded with an unconditional call for a ceasefire. Iran is assured the initial Israeli attacks were mounted with total Washington understanding and cooperation, making faith difficult to restore. Diplomacy Continues the Ultimate Answer The foreign minister declared: "Tehran was not the one that had deserted dialogue; it was America and the western countries that had always attempted to impose their demands during the discussions. Diplomacy can still be alive and stays the primary answer to address disputes, but its requirements, guidelines and fundamentals must be followed." "Provided that they talk to the citizens of Tehran with the approach of respect and honor, they will get a response in the equivalent approach." Recovery and Recovery In what is described by Iranian officials as the conflict of restoration and reconstruction, Araghchi claimed he was assured Iran's security strengths "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 engagement; we have identified our own weaknesses and the weaknesses of the enemy." He stated: "We successfully passed this engagement. Our nuclear technology, which they intended to destroy, continues to exist. The installations and gear, if eliminated, will be restored; what is important is the will of the citizens of Tehran and then the unity of the country that they sought to undermine, but did not succeed to shatter. The nation of Iran have grown more resilient, more integrated, and more endorsing of the government and the nation in the face of this attack."