🔗 Share this article Tehran Declares It May Return to US Nuclear Discussions if Treated with 'Dignity' and 'Honor' Iran is willing to restart nuclear negotiations with the United States as long as it is treated with "respect" and "respect", Tehran's foreign minister has announced. Abbas Araghchi declared solely negotiations was effective, and revealed recent overtures had originated from intermediaries to resume discussions with the US government. He claimed Iran had zero undeclared nuclear sites, and Tehran had not yet reached a point to authorize the International Atomic Energy Agency to visit struck enrichment centers for safety concerns. Navigating a Challenging Path Araghchi is treading a challenging route since Iran aims to avoid be seen to be acting from a situation of weakness, and he emphatically stated that Iran had arisen stronger militarily and emotionally from the joint assault on its enrichment centers in June. He was speaking at a strategic meeting in Tehran where he reaffirmed that Iran had "a fundamental entitlement to enrich uranium on home soil that it will perpetually retain" – the main reason of the deadlock in the previous talks. Prior Discussions Unexpectedly Terminated The prior phases of negotiations between the US and Iran were brought to an abrupt and bitter conclusion on 12 June when the Israeli government, with US support, struck Tehran's atomic facilities in a fortnight-long engagement that culminated with Donald Trump declaring the facilities had been destroyed. Subsequently, Western states used their authority to reinstate global restrictions, but Iran insists they have not had a significant effect. Perfect Agreement Offered Iran's diplomats said they felt they had attained a "ideal resolution" to the uranium processing matter in prior discussions, when it was settled an local partnership with American involvement could process nuclear material. Both sides would have been able to declare success since local refinement would have remained and the US could be confident that Iran's enrichment initiative was solely for peaceful purposes. It had not been agreed in the negotiations that US nuclear scientists could function on Iranian soil, but that was a natural consequence of the cooperative offer. Diplomats asserted on multiple occasions they had reached agreement with the US representative Steve Witkoff only for the arrangement to collapse due to "detractors in America". Existing Position Tehran representatives stated the partnership proposal was now off the table, but it seems quite possible the proposal could be resurrected in some form if discussions restart. The American leader in recent days claimed he had been receiving messages that Iran wanted to reopen negotiations, but in private Iranian officials say they are not yet obtaining consistent overtures from the United States either directly or from significant local go-betweens, such as Qatar, the Egyptian leadership, Oman and the Saudi kingdom. The Iran's state department has been criticized of passivity in the face of the US president's straightforward manner, but Tehran says negotiations is not part of a performance. Negotiating Position In his remarks to the forum, aimed to portray the US as a hegemonic power that misuses the idea of worldwide standards, Araghchi said the 12-day war revealed the conflict could not be settled by armed force. He stated the attacks started with a US demand for an complete Tehran capitulation and ended with an unconditional call for a halt to hostilities. Iran is convinced the first strikes by Israel were carried out with total Washington understanding and collaboration, making faith difficult to reestablish. Diplomacy Remains the Final Answer Araghchi stated: "Tehran was not the one that had abandoned dialogue; it was America and the Western nations that had consistently attempted to enforce their will during the discussions. Negotiations can still be alive and continues the ultimate resolution to resolve disagreements, but its standards, regulations and fundamentals must be followed." "In case they talk to the nation of Iran with the approach of respect and respect, they will get a answer in the identical approach." Repair and Recovery In what is characterized by Iranian officials as the battle of repair and recovery, Araghchi said he was assured Iran's military capacities "have significantly improved than preceding 13 or 14 June of this year. All our capabilities have been restored. We acquired many lessons from this conflict; we have identified our internal vulnerabilities and the shortcomings of the adversary." He continued: "We effectively endured this engagement. Our enrichment knowledge, which they planned to eliminate, continues to exist. The facilities and gear, if destroyed, will be restored; what is important 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 break. The nation of Iran have developed more resilient, more cohesive, and more endorsing of the government and the state in the face of this attack."