🔗 Share this article Tehran Declares It May Resume American Atomic Talks provided that Handled with 'Dignity' and 'Honor' Iran is willing to restart nuclear discussions with the United States on condition that it is handled with "dignity" and "respect", Tehran's top diplomat has declared. Abbas Araghchi said solely negotiations was effective, and revealed recent overtures had come from go-betweens to resume negotiations with the American leadership. He said Iran possessed no secret atomic facilities, and Tehran was not yet able to permit the global atomic watchdog to inspect struck enrichment centers for protective measures. Navigating a Complex Course Araghchi is treading a difficult course since Iran does not want be seen to be acting from a stance of weakness, 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 defense forum in Tehran where he reaffirmed that Iran had "a fundamental entitlement to refine atomic fuel on home soil that it will always maintain" – the primary cause of the impasse in the earlier negotiations. Prior Negotiations Abruptly Terminated The prior phases of talks between the United States and Iran were brought to an abrupt and hostile conclusion on 12 June when the Israeli government, with American backing, targeted Tehran's atomic facilities in a two-week conflict that culminated with the American leader claiming the facilities had been obliterated. Subsequently, EU nations employed their privilege to reimpose international penalties, but Iran insists they have not had a significant effect. Perfect Agreement Proposed Iran's diplomats stated they felt they had reached a "perfect agreement" to the uranium processing matter in previous talks, when it was decided an Iran-based consortium with American involvement could process nuclear material. The two nations would have been able to claim victory since domestic enrichment would have remained and the US could be certain that Iran's nuclear programme was exclusively peaceful. It had not been settled in the talks that Washington's technical specialists could work within Iranian territory, but that was a natural consequence of the consortium proposal. Representatives stated on multiple occasions they had secured an understanding with Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff only for the arrangement to collapse due to "opponents in the US". Current Position Tehran representatives stated the cooperative arrangement was now off the table, but it seems highly likely the proposal could be resurrected in certain ways if talks restart. The American leader last week stated he had been obtaining communications that Iran wanted to resume discussions, but confidentially Tehran representatives claim they are not yet receiving coherent offers from Washington either directly or from significant local go-betweens, such as Qatar, the Egyptian leadership, the Omani authorities and the Saudi kingdom. The Iranian foreign ministry has been accused of inactivity in the wake of Trump's direct instinctive approach, but Tehran says dialogue is not part of a show. Diplomatic Stance In his address to the gathering, aimed to paint the US as a controlling nation that misuses the concept of worldwide standards, Araghchi said the fortnight-long engagement revealed the dispute could not be ended by military means. He said the assaults began with a Washington's ultimatum for an unconditional Iranian surrender and culminated with an unconditional call for a truce. Iran is convinced the first strikes by Israel were mounted with full US knowledge and coordination, making trust hard to reestablish. Negotiations Remains the Primary Resolution The foreign minister declared: "It was not Iran that had deserted diplomacy; it was America and the European states that had repeatedly tried to dictate their will during the talks. Dialogue can still be active and remains the final solution to resolve conflicts, but its standards, guidelines and fundamentals must be adhered to." "Provided that they address to the Iranian people with the tone of dignity and respect, they will receive a answer in the equivalent language." Repair and Recovery In what is described by Tehran representatives as the conflict of restoration and recovery, the foreign minister stated he was assured Iran's military capacities "are much stronger than before 13 or 14 June of this year. All our capabilities have been rebuilt. We acquired numerous insights from this conflict; we have identified our internal vulnerabilities and the weaknesses of the enemy." He stated: "We managed to survive this war. Our enrichment knowledge, which they intended to obliterate, remains in place. The installations and machinery, if damaged, will be restored; what is essential is the resolve of the citizens of Tehran and then the unity of the country that they aimed at, but failed to shatter. The citizens of Tehran have developed more resilient, more integrated, and more endorsing of the administration and the country in the wake of this attack."