🔗 Share this article Iran Declares It May Rejoin American Atomic Talks provided that Handled with 'Respect' and 'Honor' Tehran is ready to reinitiate atomic negotiations with Washington as long as it is handled with "respect" and "respect", Tehran's top diplomat has stated. Abbas Araghchi stated solely negotiations was effective, and shared fresh requests had originated from intermediaries to resume discussions with the American leadership. He claimed Iran had zero unreported enrichment locations, and Iran could not yet authorize the International Atomic Energy Agency to visit struck enrichment centers for security reasons. Walking a Complex Path The foreign minister is treading a difficult course since Iran wishes not to be seen to be acting from a position of vulnerability, and he insisted repeatedly that Iran had emerged more resilient defensively and psychologically from the coordinated strike on its atomic facilities in June. He was speaking at a strategic meeting in Tehran where he reaffirmed that Iran had "a fundamental entitlement to refine atomic fuel domestically that it will always maintain" – the primary cause of the stalemate in the earlier negotiations. Prior Negotiations Suddenly Terminated The prior phases of talks between the US and Iran were ended suddenly and bitter termination on 12 June when Israel, with American backing, attacked Tehran's atomic facilities in a two-week conflict that culminated with the American leader asserting the facilities had been eliminated. Following this, European countries employed their privilege to reinstate international penalties, but Iran asserts they have not had a substantial consequence. Ideal Resolution Suggested Tehran representatives stated they felt they had achieved a "perfect agreement" to the uranium processing matter in earlier negotiations, when it was decided an domestic cooperative with US participation could refine atomic fuel. The two nations would have been able to assert triumph since local refinement would have remained and the US could be confident that Iran's atomic project was entirely non-military. It had not been agreed in the negotiations that American atomic experts could function on Iranian soil, but that was a reasonable assumption of the cooperative offer. Officials stated repeatedly they had secured an understanding with Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff only for the arrangement to disintegrate due to "detractors in America". Present Status Iranian officials stated the consortium offer was now withdrawn, but it seems quite possible the proposal could be revived in various formats if talks resume. The US president last week stated he had been obtaining communications that Iran sought to reopen negotiations, but in private Iranian officials state they are not yet getting clear proposals from America either straightforwardly or from key regional mediators, such as Qatar, the Egyptian leadership, Oman and the Saudi kingdom. The Tehran's diplomatic corps has been criticized of passivity in the face of Trump's direct instinctive approach, but Iran states diplomacy is not part of a spectacle. Negotiating Position In his remarks to the forum, designed to portray the US as a controlling nation that abuses the concept of international law, the foreign minister declared the two-week conflict showed the clash could not be settled by combat operations. He asserted the strikes started with a Washington's ultimatum for an complete Tehran capitulation and concluded with an complete request for a halt to hostilities. Iran is assured the first strikes by Israel were executed with total Washington understanding and cooperation, making trust difficult to rebuild. Diplomacy Stays the Final Resolution The foreign minister declared: "Tehran was not the one that had fled dialogue; it was America and the western countries that had always sought to dictate their demands during the negotiations. Dialogue can still be alive and stays the final answer to resolve conflicts, but its standards, guidelines and fundamentals must be adhered to." "Provided that they address to the citizens of Tehran with the language of respect and respect, they will obtain a response in the identical language." Repair and Reconstruction In what is portrayed by Iran's diplomats as the struggle of restoration and reconstruction, the foreign minister stated he was assured Iran's defence capabilities "are much stronger than prior to 13 or 14 June of this year. Our entire military infrastructure have been restored. We learned numerous insights from this engagement; we have come to know our own weaknesses and the vulnerabilities of the enemy." He added: "We successfully passed this conflict. Our atomic expertise, which they planned to eliminate, stays intact. The installations and gear, if eliminated, will be rebuilt; what is important is the will of the nation of Iran and then the social solidarity that they targeted, but did not succeed to destroy. The Iranian people have grown stronger, more united, and more endorsing of the administration and the country in the wake of this invasion."