🔗 Share this article Iran Says It Might Rejoin American Nuclear Talks provided that Approached with 'Respect' and 'Honor' Iran is ready to resume nuclear talks with the United States as long as it is treated with "dignity" and "respect", Tehran's foreign minister has declared. Abbas Araghchi said exclusively dialogue was effective, and shared new appeals had come from intermediaries to resume discussions with the American leadership. He said Iran did not have undeclared nuclear sites, and Iran could not yet permit the global atomic watchdog to inspect bombed nuclear sites for safety concerns. Navigating a Difficult Route The foreign minister is walking a difficult route since Iran wishes not to appear to be acting from a situation of vulnerability, and he insisted repeatedly that Iran had come out more powerful in military terms and psychologically from the Israeli-US attack on its atomic facilities in June. He was addressing at a strategic meeting in Tehran where he reaffirmed that Iran had "an absolute privilege to process nuclear material domestically that it will always maintain" – the key factor of the deadlock in the prior discussions. Previous Discussions Abruptly Terminated The previous five rounds of negotiations between the United States and Iran were concluded unexpectedly and bitter end on 12 June when Israel, with American backing, attacked Iran's enrichment centers in a two-week conflict that ended with the US president claiming the locations had been destroyed. Subsequently, EU nations used their right to reimpose UN-wide sanctions, but Iran maintains they have not had a substantial consequence. Perfect Agreement Proposed Tehran representatives claimed they felt they had reached a "perfect agreement" to the enrichment issue in prior discussions, when it was settled an domestic cooperative with US participation could process nuclear material. Each party would have been able to declare success since domestic enrichment would have persisted and the US could be assured that Iran's enrichment initiative was entirely non-military. It had not been decided in the negotiations that US nuclear scientists could operate on Iranian soil, but that was a reasonable assumption of the consortium proposal. Officials stated three times they had achieved a deal with the US representative Steve Witkoff only for the deal to fall apart due to "detractors in America". Current Situation Iran's diplomats declared the consortium offer was now off the table, but it seems quite possible the offer could be reintroduced in certain ways if talks resume. The American leader last week said he had been getting signals that Iran sought to reopen negotiations, but privately Iranian officials say they are not yet getting clear proposals from the United States either directly or from key regional mediators, such as Qatar, the Egyptian leadership, the Omani authorities and Saudi Arabia. The Iran's state department has been accused of inactivity in the face of the US president's straightforward manner, but Iran asserts negotiations is not part of a performance. Negotiating Position In his address to the conference, aimed to paint the US as a controlling nation that exploits the concept of global regulations, the foreign minister said the fortnight-long engagement revealed the clash could not be ended by military means. He asserted the attacks started with a US demand for an complete Tehran capitulation and concluded with an unconditional call for a ceasefire. Iran is convinced the initial Israeli attacks were carried out with full US knowledge and cooperation, making confidence hard to reestablish. Diplomacy Stays the Primary Answer Araghchi stated: "It was not Iran that had abandoned dialogue; it was the United States and the European states that had repeatedly sought to enforce their will during the discussions. Negotiations can still be alive and continues the final solution to resolve disputes, but its criteria, guidelines and fundamentals must be followed." "If they address to the Iranian people with the tone of dignity and honor, they will obtain a response in the identical approach." Restoration and Reconstruction In what is characterized by Iran's diplomats as the struggle of repair and recovery, Araghchi said he was assured Iran's security strengths "have significantly improved than before 13 or 14 June of this year. All our capabilities have been reestablished. We acquired numerous insights from this conflict; we have identified our personal limitations and the vulnerabilities of the enemy." He stated: "We managed to survive this war. Our atomic expertise, which they intended to eliminate, continues to exist. The installations and equipment, if eliminated, will be reconstructed; what is important is the will of the nation of Iran and then the unity of the country that they sought to undermine, but were unable to destroy. The Iranian people have become more powerful, more integrated, and more endorsing of the leadership and the state in the wake of this attack."