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Tehran is prepared to reinitiate atomic talks with the United States provided that it is treated with "dignity" and "respect", Tehran's foreign minister has announced.

The Iranian diplomat said only diplomacy produced results, and disclosed new appeals had originated from intermediaries to restart talks with the Trump administration. He claimed Iran did not have secret atomic facilities, and Tehran had not yet reached a point to authorize the global atomic watchdog to access bombed nuclear sites for security reasons.

Walking a Difficult Path

The foreign minister is treading a difficult path since Iran does not want be perceived to be proceeding from a situation of disadvantage, and he insisted repeatedly that Iran had arisen more powerful in military terms and psychologically from the Israeli-US attack on its enrichment centers in June.

He was addressing at a defense forum in Tehran where he reiterated that Iran had "an absolute privilege to process nuclear material domestically that it will perpetually retain" – the key factor of the impasse in the earlier negotiations.

Prior Negotiations Suddenly Ended

The previous five rounds of negotiations between the United States and Iran were concluded unexpectedly and hostile conclusion on 12 June when Israel, with US support, struck Tehran's atomic facilities in a two-week conflict that concluded with the US president claiming the facilities had been eliminated. Following this, Western states exercised their right to reinstate international penalties, but Iran asserts they have not had a significant effect.

Perfect Agreement Suggested

Iran's diplomats claimed they felt they had achieved a "perfect agreement" to the enrichment issue in earlier negotiations, when it was agreed an Iran-based consortium with US participation could refine atomic fuel. The two nations would have been able to declare success since domestic enrichment 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 negotiations that US nuclear scientists could function on Iranian soil, but that was a logical implication of the cooperative offer. Officials asserted on multiple occasions they had reached agreement with Washington's diplomat the American negotiator only for the agreement to fall apart due to "opponents in the US".

Present Status

Tehran representatives stated the consortium offer was now withdrawn, but it seems highly likely the suggestion could be resurrected in certain ways if talks reopen.

Trump recently claimed he had been getting signals that Iran sought to reopen negotiations, but confidentially Iran's diplomats say they are not yet receiving coherent offers from America either explicitly or from key regional mediators, such as Qatar, Egypt, Oman and the Saudi kingdom. The Iranian foreign ministry has been accused of passivity in the aftermath of the US president's straightforward manner, but Tehran states dialogue is not part of a show.

Negotiating Standpoint

In his remarks to the forum, designed to portray the US as a hegemonic power that misuses the concept of worldwide standards, Araghchi declared the two-week conflict demonstrated the dispute could not be ended by combat operations. He stated the attacks commenced with a Washington's ultimatum for an total Iran submission and concluded with an complete request for a truce.

Iran is convinced the opening assaults from Tel Aviv were mounted with total Washington understanding and coordination, making confidence hard to reestablish.

Negotiations Remains the Final Answer

Araghchi declared: "It was not Iran that had deserted dialogue; it was America and the western countries that had consistently sought to enforce their desires during the negotiations. Dialogue can still be alive and continues the ultimate answer to settle conflicts, but its standards, guidelines and tenets must be respected."

"If they talk to the citizens of Tehran with the language of respect and respect, they will get a answer in the equivalent tone."

Repair and Recovery

In what is portrayed by Tehran representatives as the conflict of repair and reconstruction, Araghchi said he was confident Iran's military capacities "are considerably enhanced than preceding 13 or 14 June of this year. Our entire military infrastructure have been reestablished. We acquired multiple understandings from this war; we have identified our personal limitations and the shortcomings of the adversary."

He added: "We managed to survive this conflict. Our atomic expertise, which they aimed to eliminate, stays intact. The installations and equipment, if destroyed, will be reconstructed; what is important is the resolve 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 integrated, and more endorsing of the administration and the state in the face of this attack."