🔗 Share this article Tehran States It May Return to American Atomic Discussions if Approached with 'Dignity' and 'Honor' Iran is prepared to reinitiate atomic discussions with Washington as long as it is handled with "dignity" and "respect", Iran's top diplomat has stated. The Iranian diplomat declared only diplomacy was effective, and disclosed recent overtures had originated from go-betweens to resume discussions with the US government. He said Iran did not have undeclared nuclear sites, and Tehran could not yet authorize the UN nuclear inspectorate to inspect struck enrichment centers for protective measures. Navigating a Difficult Course Araghchi is walking a challenging course since Iran aims to avoid be perceived to be proceeding from a situation of disadvantage, and he consistently maintained that Iran had emerged more powerful in military terms and mentally from the Israeli-US attack on its enrichment centers in June. He was talking at a strategic meeting in Tehran where he restated that Iran had "an inalienable right to process nuclear material domestically that it will never give up" – the primary cause of the stalemate in the prior discussions. Prior Discussions Unexpectedly Terminated The previous five rounds of negotiations between the United States and Iran were ended suddenly and acrimonious conclusion on 12 June when Israel, with American backing, targeted Iran's enrichment centers in a fortnight-long engagement that ended with Donald Trump declaring the sites had been obliterated. Subsequently, European countries exercised their privilege to reinstate international penalties, but Iran maintains they have not had a major impact. Magic Solution Suggested Iran's diplomats stated they felt they had attained a "magic solution" to the uranium processing matter in previous talks, when it was decided an domestic cooperative with American involvement could process nuclear material. Each party would have been able to assert triumph since domestic enrichment would have continued and the US could be assured that Iran's enrichment initiative was entirely non-military. It had not been settled in the negotiations that US nuclear scientists could operate inside Iran, but that was a logical implication of the cooperative offer. Diplomats asserted three times they had achieved a deal with Washington's diplomat the American negotiator only for the arrangement to fall apart due to "detractors in America". Current Position Iranian officials stated the partnership proposal was now no longer available, but it seems very probable the proposal could be resurrected in various formats if talks restart. The US president recently said he had been obtaining communications that Iran desired to restart talks, but privately Tehran representatives claim they are not yet receiving coherent offers from Washington either straightforwardly or from important Middle Eastern intermediaries, such as Qatar, Egypt, Oman and the Saudi kingdom. The Iranian foreign ministry has been charged of passivity in the face of Washington's unmediated tactics, but Tehran states dialogue is not part of a performance. Negotiating Stance In his address to the forum, aimed to depict the US as a controlling nation that abuses the idea of international law, the foreign minister declared the two-week conflict revealed the clash could not be ended by combat operations. He asserted the strikes started with a US demand for an total Iran submission and concluded with an unconditional call for a ceasefire. Iran is certain the initial Israeli attacks were executed with full US knowledge and coordination, making trust difficult to reestablish. Dialogue Continues the Primary Resolution The foreign minister declared: "Tehran was not the one that had deserted dialogue; it was the United States and the western countries that had consistently tried to impose their will during the discussions. Diplomacy can still be viable and remains the final resolution to address disagreements, but its standards, regulations and fundamentals must be followed." "Provided that they talk to the Iranian people with the tone of respect and honor, they will obtain a response in the same tone." Repair and Reconstruction In what is characterized by Tehran representatives as the conflict of restoration and recovery, the foreign minister said he was confident Iran's military capacities "are much stronger than prior to 13 or 14 June of this year. All our capabilities have been restored. We learned numerous insights from this engagement; we have come to know our internal vulnerabilities and the shortcomings of the enemy." He added: "We successfully passed this war. Our nuclear technology, which they planned to obliterate, stays intact. The installations and machinery, if eliminated, will be reconstructed; what is essential is the determination of the nation of Iran and then the social solidarity that they targeted, but failed to break. The Iranian people have grown stronger, more cohesive, and more endorsing of the leadership and the nation in the face of this attack."