🔗 Share this article Iran Declares It Might Return to US Atomic Talks if Approached with 'Respect' and 'Honor' Tehran is ready to reinitiate atomic discussions with the United States as long as it is handled with "respect" and "respect", Iran's top diplomat has declared. Abbas Araghchi declared solely negotiations produced results, and disclosed new appeals had originated from mediators to resume talks with the US government. He claimed Iran possessed no undeclared nuclear sites, and Tehran was not yet able to authorize the UN nuclear inspectorate to inspect bombed nuclear sites for security reasons. Navigating a Challenging Path Araghchi is navigating a complex route since Iran aims to avoid be perceived to be proceeding from a position of weakness, and he consistently maintained that Iran had emerged more powerful defensively and mentally from the Israeli-US attack on its atomic facilities in June. He was speaking at a defense forum in Tehran where he reiterated that Iran had "an absolute privilege to refine atomic fuel on home soil that it will perpetually retain" – the key factor of the stalemate in the previous talks. Prior Discussions Abruptly Ended The previous five rounds of negotiations between the United States and Iran were ended suddenly and acrimonious termination on 12 June when Israel, with US support, struck Tehran's atomic facilities in a two-week conflict that concluded with Donald Trump declaring the locations had been eliminated. Subsequently, Western states exercised their privilege to restore UN-wide sanctions, but Iran maintains they have not had a major impact. Magic Solution Offered Iranian officials stated they felt they had attained a "perfect agreement" to the enrichment issue in previous talks, when it was settled an Iran-based consortium with Washington's engagement could refine atomic fuel. Each party would have been able to declare success since domestic enrichment would have continued and the US could be assured that Iran's atomic project was entirely non-military. It had not been settled in the discussions that American atomic experts could function on Iranian soil, but that was a logical implication of the consortium proposal. Diplomats claimed three times they had achieved a deal with Washington's diplomat Steve Witkoff only for the agreement to collapse due to "detractors in America". Existing Situation Iran's diplomats said the consortium offer was now off the table, but it seems highly likely the offer could be resurrected in various formats if negotiations reopen. The American leader recently claimed he had been getting signals that Iran wanted to reopen negotiations, but confidentially Iran's diplomats say they are not yet getting consistent overtures from the United States either directly or from key regional mediators, such as Qatar, Egypt, the Omani authorities and the Saudi kingdom. The Iran's state department has been accused of non-responsiveness in the wake of the US president's straightforward manner, but Iran asserts diplomacy is not part of a spectacle. Political Stance In his remarks to the conference, designed to portray the US as a dominant force that abuses the idea of global regulations, the foreign minister stated the 12-day war revealed the conflict could not be resolved by combat operations. He asserted the assaults began with a US demand for an complete Tehran capitulation and concluded with an unconditional call for a truce. Iran is assured the opening assaults from Tel Aviv were executed with full US knowledge and collaboration, making trust difficult to reestablish. Negotiations Remains the Primary Answer The foreign minister declared: "It was not Iran that had fled dialogue; it was America and the Western nations that had consistently sought to enforce their demands during the negotiations. Dialogue can still be active and stays the final resolution to settle conflicts, but its criteria, rules and principles must be followed." "If they talk to the citizens of Tehran with the tone of dignity and honor, they will receive a response in the equivalent tone." Recovery and Rebuilding In what is described by Iranian officials as the battle of restoration and rebuilding, the foreign minister said he was certain Iran's security strengths "are much stronger than preceding 13 or 14 June of this year. Our entire military infrastructure have been restored. We acquired numerous insights from this conflict; we have identified our own weaknesses and the vulnerabilities of the enemy." He added: "We successfully passed this war. Our enrichment knowledge, which they planned to obliterate, remains in place. The installations and equipment, if destroyed, will be rebuilt; what is important is the determination of the Iranian people and then the unity of the country that they targeted, but were unable to break. The nation of Iran have developed more powerful, more cohesive, and more endorsing of the leadership and the country in the face of this invasion."