Iran is willing to restart nuclear discussions with Washington as long as it is handled with "respect" and "honor", Iran's top diplomat has declared.
The Iranian diplomat stated exclusively dialogue was effective, and shared new appeals had originated from go-betweens to reopen talks with the American leadership. He said Iran had zero secret atomic facilities, and Tehran could not yet permit the global atomic watchdog to access bombed nuclear sites for safety concerns.
The foreign minister is walking a complex route since Iran does not want appear to be operating from a situation of vulnerability, and he consistently maintained that Iran had emerged more resilient defensively and mentally from the coordinated strike on its atomic facilities in June.
He was speaking at a defense forum in Tehran where he restated that Iran had "an inalienable right to enrich uranium on home soil that it will always maintain" – the main reason of the stalemate in the previous talks.
The earlier sessions of talks between the United States and Iran were concluded unexpectedly and hostile end on 12 June when the Israeli government, with Washington's assistance, struck Iran's enrichment centers in a 12-day war that concluded with the US president asserting the sites had been destroyed. Following this, European countries exercised their privilege to reinstate international penalties, but Iran insists they have not had a major impact.
Iran's diplomats stated they felt they had achieved a "perfect agreement" to the enrichment issue in earlier negotiations, when it was agreed an domestic cooperative with American involvement could refine atomic fuel. Both sides would have been able to assert triumph since home-based processing would have remained and the US could be assured that Iran's enrichment initiative was exclusively peaceful.
It had not been decided in the negotiations that Washington's technical specialists could function on Iranian soil, but that was a logical implication of the partnership suggestion. Diplomats asserted three times they had achieved a deal with the US representative Steve Witkoff only for the deal to fall apart due to "opponents in the US".
Iranian officials stated the cooperative arrangement was now off the table, but it seems very probable the suggestion could be reintroduced in certain ways if negotiations resume.
The American leader last week stated he had been receiving messages that Iran desired to reopen negotiations, but privately Iran's diplomats state they are not yet receiving consistent overtures from America either explicitly or from important Middle Eastern intermediaries, such as the Qatari government, Egypt, the Omani authorities and Saudi Arabia. The Tehran's diplomatic corps has been criticized of passivity in the aftermath of Trump's direct instinctive approach, but Iran states dialogue is not part of a show.
In his remarks to the gathering, designed to depict the US as a hegemonic power that exploits the concept of global regulations, Araghchi said the fortnight-long engagement revealed the conflict could not be ended by military means. He asserted the attacks began with a Washington's ultimatum for an total Iran submission and ended with an absolute demand for a truce.
Iran is assured the opening assaults from Tel Aviv were mounted with total Washington understanding and coordination, making faith difficult to reestablish.
The foreign minister declared: "It was not Iran that had fled diplomacy; it was the United States and the western countries that had always attempted to enforce their demands during the discussions. Dialogue can still be alive and stays the final solution to settle disagreements, but its requirements, rules and tenets must be adhered to."
"In case they talk to the Iranian people with the approach of respect and respect, they will obtain a answer in the same language."
In what is described by Iran's diplomats as the struggle of restoration and rebuilding, Araghchi said he was certain Iran's security strengths "are considerably enhanced than prior to 13 or 14 June of this year. Our entire military infrastructure have been restored. We gained many lessons from this engagement; we have discovered our personal limitations and the shortcomings of the adversary."
He added: "We managed to survive this engagement. Our enrichment knowledge, which they intended to obliterate, stays intact. The installations and gear, if destroyed, will be restored; what is essential is the determination of the citizens of Tehran and then the unity of the country that they targeted, but were unable to break. The citizens of Tehran have become more resilient, more integrated, and more supportive of the leadership and the nation in the wake of this assault."
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