🔗 Share this article Iran Says It May Return to American Nuclear Discussions if Handled with 'Respect' and 'Respect' Iran is willing to resume nuclear negotiations with Washington provided that it is approached with "respect" and "respect", Tehran's foreign minister has announced. The Iranian diplomat declared solely negotiations was effective, and disclosed fresh requests had been made by mediators to resume negotiations with the US government. He asserted Iran possessed no undeclared nuclear sites, and Iran was not yet able to permit the global atomic watchdog to access bombed nuclear sites for safety concerns. Navigating a Challenging Route Araghchi is walking a difficult course since Iran wishes not to appear to be acting from a stance of disadvantage, and he insisted repeatedly that Iran had come out more powerful militarily and mentally from the joint assault on its enrichment centers in June. He was talking at a defense forum in Tehran where he reiterated that Iran had "a fundamental entitlement to enrich uranium on home soil that it will always maintain" – the main reason of the impasse in the earlier negotiations. Earlier Talks Unexpectedly Ended The previous five rounds of talks between the US and Iran were ended suddenly and hostile end on 12 June when the Israeli government, with American backing, struck Tehran's atomic facilities in a 12-day war that ended with the American leader declaring the locations had been eliminated. Afterward, Western states exercised their right to reinstate global restrictions, but Iran asserts they have not had a major impact. Magic Solution Offered Iran's diplomats claimed they felt they had achieved a "magic solution" to the enrichment issue in prior discussions, when it was settled an Iran-based consortium with Washington's engagement could enrich uranium. Each party would have been able to assert triumph since local refinement would have remained and the US could be assured that Iran's atomic project was solely for peaceful purposes. It had not been agreed in the negotiations that Washington's technical specialists could function on Iranian soil, but that was a reasonable assumption of the partnership suggestion. Diplomats asserted repeatedly they had achieved a deal with Trump's special envoy the US official only for the agreement to collapse due to "detractors in America". Current Situation Tehran representatives said the partnership proposal was now off the table, but it seems very probable the suggestion could be resurrected in certain ways if negotiations resume. The US president in recent days claimed he had been receiving messages that Iran desired to resume discussions, but confidentially Iranian officials state they are not yet obtaining coherent offers from America either straightforwardly or from important Middle Eastern intermediaries, such as the Qatari government, the Egyptian leadership, Oman and the Saudi kingdom. The Iranian foreign ministry has been accused of inactivity in the wake of Washington's unmediated tactics, but Tehran states dialogue is not part of a performance. Diplomatic Position In his speech to the forum, designed to depict the US as a hegemonic power that abuses the idea of worldwide standards, Araghchi said the two-week conflict revealed the clash could not be settled by combat operations. He stated the strikes commenced with a US demand for an unconditional Iranian surrender and ended with an absolute demand for a truce. Iran is convinced the first strikes by Israel were carried out with complete American awareness and cooperation, making faith difficult to rebuild. Negotiations Remains the Final Solution Araghchi declared: "It was not Iran that had fled dialogue; it was America and the western countries that had repeatedly tried to dictate their will during the talks. Diplomacy can still be alive and stays the primary resolution to resolve disagreements, but its criteria, regulations and tenets must be adhered to." "In case they address to the nation of Iran with the approach of respect and honor, they will receive a answer in the equivalent approach." Repair and Recovery In what is characterized by Iranian officials as the battle of restoration and recovery, Araghchi stated he was confident Iran's security strengths "have significantly improved than before 13 or 14 June of this year. Every aspect of our defense have been restored. We acquired multiple understandings from this conflict; we have discovered our personal limitations and the weaknesses of the opponent." He stated: "We successfully passed this war. Our atomic expertise, which they intended to obliterate, stays intact. The facilities and equipment, if eliminated, will be reconstructed; what is essential is the determination of the nation of Iran and then the national cohesion that they targeted, but failed to shatter. The nation of Iran have become stronger, more united, and more supportive of the leadership and the country in the aftermath of this attack."