š Share this article Tehran Says It Might Return to American Atomic Talks if Approached with 'Dignity' and 'Respect' Tehran is prepared to reinitiate nuclear negotiations with the United States provided that it is handled with "respect" and "honor", Iran's top diplomat has declared. Abbas Araghchi stated exclusively dialogue produced results, and revealed fresh requests had originated from intermediaries to resume talks with the Trump administration. He claimed Iran had zero undeclared nuclear sites, and Tehran was not yet able to allow the global atomic watchdog to access bombed nuclear sites for security reasons. Navigating a Challenging Route Araghchi is treading a challenging route since Iran does not want be perceived to be proceeding from a situation of weakness, and he emphatically stated that Iran had arisen more powerful defensively and mentally from the joint assault on its enrichment centers in June. He was talking at a security conference in Tehran where he restated that Iran had "a fundamental entitlement to process nuclear material on home soil that it will always maintain" ā the primary cause of the deadlock in the previous talks. Prior Negotiations Suddenly Ended The prior phases of negotiations between the US and Iran were brought to an abrupt and bitter conclusion on 12 June when Israel, with American backing, targeted Tehran's atomic facilities in a 12-day war that ended with Donald Trump declaring the facilities had been obliterated. Subsequently, European countries exercised their authority to restore UN-wide sanctions, but Iran maintains they have not had a substantial consequence. Ideal Resolution Proposed Iranian officials claimed they felt they had achieved a "ideal resolution" to the nuclear fuel concern in earlier negotiations, when it was agreed an local partnership with American involvement could refine atomic fuel. Both sides would have been able to declare success since home-based processing would have remained and the US could be assured that Iran's nuclear programme was exclusively peaceful. It had not been decided in the talks that Washington's technical specialists could work inside Iran, but that was a natural consequence of the partnership suggestion. Diplomats asserted repeatedly they had reached agreement with Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff only for the agreement to fall apart due to "spoilers in Washington". Existing Status Iran's diplomats stated the consortium offer was now off the table, but it seems quite possible the proposal could be reintroduced in some form if talks reopen. The US president in recent days stated he had been receiving messages that Iran wanted to reopen negotiations, but in private Iran's diplomats say they are not yet receiving coherent offers from the United States either explicitly or from important Middle Eastern intermediaries, such as Qatar, the Egyptian leadership, Oman and Saudi Arabia. The Tehran's diplomatic corps has been criticized of non-responsiveness in the aftermath of Washington's unmediated tactics, but Tehran asserts diplomacy is not part of a spectacle. Diplomatic Position In his address to the forum, designed to portray the US as a controlling nation that misuses the notion of international law, the foreign minister declared the fortnight-long engagement revealed the clash could not be ended by military means. He stated the attacks commenced with a US demand for an complete Tehran capitulation and ended with an absolute demand for a ceasefire. Iran is certain the opening assaults from Tel Aviv were executed with full US knowledge and coordination, making faith challenging to restore. Diplomacy Remains the Ultimate Answer Araghchi declared: "It was not Iran that had fled diplomacy; it was the United States and the European states that had repeatedly tried to impose their desires during the talks. Dialogue can still be active and remains the ultimate resolution to settle disputes, but its requirements, rules and principles must be followed." "If they speak to the citizens of Tehran with the tone of dignity and respect, they will get a answer in the same approach." Recovery and Reconstruction In what is characterized by Tehran representatives as the conflict of recovery and reconstruction, the foreign minister stated he was certain Iran's military capacities "are much stronger than preceding 13 or 14 June of this year. Every aspect of our defense have been rebuilt. We acquired many lessons from this engagement; we have come to know our own weaknesses and the shortcomings of the adversary." He stated: "We effectively endured this conflict. Our atomic expertise, which they intended to obliterate, continues to exist. The installations and equipment, if damaged, will be restored; what is crucial is the resolve of the nation of Iran and then the national cohesion that they sought to undermine, but did not succeed to shatter. The nation of Iran have developed stronger, more integrated, and more supportive of the government and the country in the face of this invasion."