🔗 Share this article Iran Declares It Could Return to US Atomic Negotiations if Treated with 'Respect' and 'Honor' Iran is willing to resume atomic discussions with the United States as long as it is approached with "respect" and "honor", Iran's foreign minister has announced. Abbas Araghchi declared exclusively dialogue was effective, and disclosed recent overtures had come from go-betweens to restart talks with the US government. He asserted Iran had zero undeclared nuclear sites, and Iran was not yet able to allow the International Atomic Energy Agency to access attacked atomic facilities for protective measures. Walking a Challenging Route Araghchi is walking a challenging route since Iran does not want be perceived to be operating from a position of vulnerability, and he consistently maintained that Iran had emerged more powerful defensively and emotionally from the Israeli-US attack on its enrichment centers in June. He was speaking at a strategic meeting in Tehran where he restated that Iran had "an absolute privilege to process nuclear material on home soil that it will always maintain" – the key factor of the impasse in the prior discussions. Prior Talks Suddenly Ended The earlier sessions of talks between the US and Iran were ended suddenly and acrimonious end on 12 June when the Israeli government, with US support, attacked Tehran's atomic facilities in a 12-day war that culminated with the American leader claiming the locations had been eliminated. Subsequently, European countries exercised their authority to restore global restrictions, but Iran maintains they have not had a major impact. Perfect Agreement Offered Tehran representatives claimed they felt they had reached a "perfect agreement" to the uranium processing matter in prior discussions, when it was settled an local partnership with US participation could enrich uranium. The two nations would have been able to claim victory since local refinement would have persisted and the US could be assured that Iran's atomic project was entirely non-military. It had not been decided in the discussions that Washington's technical specialists could function inside Iran, but that was a logical implication of the cooperative offer. Representatives claimed three times they had achieved a deal with the US representative Steve Witkoff only for the agreement to disintegrate due to "spoilers in Washington". Current Situation Tehran representatives stated the partnership proposal was now off the table, but it seems highly likely the offer could be reintroduced in various formats if negotiations reopen. The US president last week claimed he had been receiving messages that Iran desired to reopen negotiations, but privately Iran's diplomats claim they are not yet getting consistent overtures from the United States either directly or from key regional mediators, such as the Qatari government, the Egyptian leadership, the Omani authorities and the Saudi kingdom. The Iranian foreign ministry has been charged of non-responsiveness in the aftermath of Washington's unmediated tactics, but Iran asserts negotiations is not part of a show. Negotiating Standpoint In his remarks to the gathering, aimed to portray the US as a controlling nation that misuses the notion of international law, the foreign minister said the two-week conflict demonstrated the clash could not be resolved by military means. He asserted the assaults started with a American requirement for an complete Tehran capitulation and ended with an unconditional call for a truce. Iran is certain the initial Israeli attacks were mounted with full US knowledge and cooperation, making faith challenging to reestablish. Negotiations Stays the Final Solution Araghchi declared: "It was not Iran that had deserted negotiations; it was America and the Western nations that had consistently tried to impose their will during the talks. Negotiations can still be active and stays the ultimate answer to resolve conflicts, but its requirements, rules and fundamentals must be respected." "If they address to the citizens of Tehran with the tone of respect and honor, they will get a reply in the same language." Repair and Reconstruction In what is characterized by Tehran representatives as the conflict of repair and reconstruction, the foreign minister claimed he was certain Iran's defence capabilities "are much stronger than preceding 13 or 14 June of this year. All our capabilities have been reestablished. We acquired multiple understandings from this engagement; we have discovered our internal vulnerabilities and the shortcomings of the opponent." He stated: "We effectively endured this conflict. Our nuclear technology, which they aimed to obliterate, continues to exist. The installations and machinery, if eliminated, will be reconstructed; what is important is the determination of the citizens of Tehran and then the social solidarity that they aimed at, but did not succeed to break. The nation of Iran have developed more powerful, more integrated, and more endorsing of the administration and the country in the aftermath of this attack."