🔗 Share this article Tehran States It Might Return to US Nuclear Negotiations if Treated with 'Respect' and 'Honor' Tehran is prepared to resume nuclear negotiations with the United States as long as it is handled with "respect" and "respect", Iran's foreign minister has stated. Abbas Araghchi declared exclusively dialogue was effective, and disclosed new appeals had come from go-betweens to reopen talks with the American leadership. He said Iran did not have undeclared nuclear sites, and Iran could not yet permit the global atomic watchdog to visit struck enrichment centers for safety concerns. Walking a Complex Path Araghchi is treading a challenging route since Iran aims to avoid be seen to be proceeding from a stance of weakness, and he consistently maintained that Iran had arisen stronger in military terms and mentally from the Israeli-US attack on its enrichment centers in June. He was speaking at a security conference in Tehran where he reiterated that Iran had "an absolute privilege to process nuclear material on home soil that it will always maintain" – the primary cause of the impasse in the previous talks. Prior Negotiations Suddenly Ended The prior phases of talks between the US and Iran were brought to an abrupt and bitter conclusion on 12 June when Israel, with US support, struck Iranian nuclear sites in a fortnight-long engagement that ended with Donald Trump claiming the facilities had been eliminated. Subsequently, European countries employed their authority to reimpose UN-wide sanctions, but Iran maintains they have not had a major impact. Ideal Resolution Suggested Tehran representatives said they felt they had attained a "perfect agreement" to the uranium processing matter in earlier negotiations, when it was settled an local partnership with American involvement could enrich uranium. The two nations would have been able to assert triumph since home-based processing would have remained and the US could be confident that Iran's atomic project was exclusively peaceful. It had not been decided in the talks that US nuclear scientists could work inside Iran, but that was a reasonable assumption of the partnership suggestion. Representatives stated on multiple occasions they had reached agreement with Trump's special envoy the US official only for the arrangement to fall apart due to "opponents in the US". Present Situation Iran's diplomats declared the partnership proposal was now off the table, but it seems highly likely the suggestion could be resurrected in some form if negotiations restart. The US president recently claimed he had been receiving messages that Iran desired to restart talks, but privately Iranian officials state they are not yet getting consistent overtures from the United States either explicitly or from key regional mediators, such as the Qatari government, the Egyptian leadership, the Omani authorities and the Saudi kingdom. The Tehran's diplomatic corps has been accused of inactivity in the aftermath of Trump's direct instinctive approach, but Tehran states diplomacy is not part of a show. Political Standpoint In his speech to the gathering, intended to depict the US as a dominant force that abuses the concept of international law, the foreign minister stated the two-week conflict demonstrated the clash could not be settled by combat operations. He asserted the attacks commenced with a Washington's ultimatum for an unconditional Iranian surrender and concluded with an complete request for a ceasefire. Iran is certain the first strikes by Israel were executed with total Washington understanding and collaboration, making trust challenging to reestablish. Negotiations Stays the Ultimate Answer The foreign minister said: "Tehran was not the one that had abandoned dialogue; it was the United States and the Western nations that had consistently attempted to impose their desires during the negotiations. Dialogue can still be viable and stays the final solution to settle disagreements, but its criteria, guidelines and principles must be adhered to." "In case they speak to the nation of Iran with the approach of dignity and respect, they will get a reply in the same language." Repair and Rebuilding In what is characterized by Iran's diplomats as the conflict of repair and reconstruction, Araghchi stated he was assured Iran's defence capabilities "are much stronger than before 13 or 14 June of this year. All our capabilities have been rebuilt. We learned numerous insights from this conflict; we have discovered our internal vulnerabilities and the vulnerabilities of the opponent." He continued: "We effectively endured this conflict. Our atomic expertise, which they planned to eliminate, continues to exist. The installations and machinery, if destroyed, will be reconstructed; what is important is the determination of the Iranian people and then the social solidarity that they aimed at, but failed to destroy. The citizens of Tehran have become stronger, more integrated, and more backing of the administration and the nation in the face of this attack."