🔗 Share this article Tehran Says It Might Rejoin American Nuclear Negotiations provided that Treated with 'Respect' and 'Honor' Iran is willing to reinitiate nuclear discussions with the United States provided that it is handled with "dignity" and "respect", Tehran's top diplomat has stated. Abbas Araghchi stated exclusively dialogue worked, and disclosed recent overtures had come from intermediaries to reopen discussions with the American leadership. He said Iran had zero undeclared nuclear sites, and Tehran could not yet allow the International Atomic Energy Agency to inspect struck enrichment centers for protective measures. Navigating a Complex Course The foreign minister is navigating a complex route since Iran does not want appear to be proceeding from a stance of vulnerability, and he consistently maintained that Iran had arisen more resilient in military terms and mentally from the coordinated strike on its enrichment centers in June. He was addressing at a strategic meeting in Tehran where he restated that Iran had "an absolute privilege to process nuclear material domestically that it will always maintain" – the primary cause of the stalemate in the earlier negotiations. Prior Talks Suddenly Terminated The previous five rounds of discussions between the United States and Iran were ended suddenly and hostile end on 12 June when Israel, with American backing, struck Iran's enrichment centers in a fortnight-long engagement that concluded with Donald Trump declaring the locations had been destroyed. Following this, Western states exercised their privilege to restore UN-wide sanctions, but Iran asserts they have not had a substantial consequence. Ideal Resolution Suggested Tehran representatives said 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 enrich uranium. The two nations would have been able to assert triumph since domestic enrichment would have remained and the US could be assured that Iran's atomic project was entirely non-military. It had not been agreed in the discussions that Washington's technical specialists could operate within Iranian territory, but that was a reasonable assumption of the cooperative offer. Representatives claimed repeatedly they had reached agreement with Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff only for the agreement to collapse due to "spoilers in Washington". Existing Position Iranian officials said the cooperative arrangement was now withdrawn, but it seems quite possible the proposal could be resurrected in some form if negotiations restart. The American leader in recent days claimed he had been obtaining communications that Iran sought to restart talks, but privately Tehran representatives claim they are not yet receiving consistent overtures from America either straightforwardly or from key regional mediators, such as the Qatari government, the Egyptian leadership, Oman and Saudi Arabia. The Iranian foreign ministry has been accused of passivity in the aftermath of the US president's straightforward manner, but Iran asserts negotiations is not part of a spectacle. Political Standpoint In his remarks to the conference, intended to portray the US as a dominant force that abuses the idea of worldwide standards, the foreign minister said the fortnight-long engagement revealed the conflict could not be ended by military means. He asserted the strikes began with a US demand for an unconditional Iranian surrender and concluded with an complete request for a halt to hostilities. Iran is assured the opening assaults from Tel Aviv were mounted with full US knowledge and coordination, making trust challenging to restore. Diplomacy Stays the Ultimate Answer The foreign minister said: "It was not Iran that had deserted diplomacy; it was America and the western countries that had consistently tried to dictate their desires during the negotiations. Dialogue can still be viable and stays the primary solution to address disputes, but its criteria, regulations and principles must be followed." "Provided that they address to the citizens of Tehran with the approach of respect and honor, they will obtain a answer in the equivalent approach." Recovery and Reconstruction In what is portrayed by Iran's diplomats as the struggle of repair and recovery, Araghchi claimed he was certain Iran's security strengths "are much stronger than before 13 or 14 June of this year. Every aspect of our defense have been rebuilt. We learned multiple understandings from this conflict; we have identified our internal vulnerabilities and the shortcomings of the enemy." He stated: "We managed to survive this engagement. Our enrichment knowledge, which they planned to obliterate, remains in place. The sites and machinery, if destroyed, will be rebuilt; what is essential is the determination of the citizens of Tehran and then the unity of the country that they sought to undermine, but did not succeed to shatter. The citizens of Tehran have developed stronger, more cohesive, and more supportive of the leadership and the country in the face of this invasion."