Tehran is prepared to resume nuclear negotiations with the United States on condition that it is approached with "dignity" and "honor", Tehran's top diplomat has announced.
The Iranian diplomat declared solely negotiations was effective, and shared fresh requests had come from mediators to reopen discussions with the American leadership. He said Iran had zero undeclared nuclear sites, and Iran was not yet able to permit the International Atomic Energy Agency to access bombed nuclear sites for security reasons.
The foreign minister is walking a complex course since Iran does not want be seen to be operating from a situation of weakness, and he insisted repeatedly that Iran had arisen stronger in military terms and psychologically from the joint assault on its enrichment centers in June.
He was speaking at a security conference in Tehran where he reiterated that Iran had "an absolute privilege to process nuclear material within its borders that it will perpetually retain" – the key factor of the deadlock in the earlier negotiations.
The earlier sessions of talks between the United States and Iran were concluded unexpectedly and bitter end on 12 June when the Israeli government, with US support, struck Iranian nuclear sites in a two-week conflict that culminated with the US president declaring the facilities had been destroyed. Afterward, Western states used their privilege to reimpose international penalties, but Iran maintains they have not had a significant effect.
Tehran representatives stated they felt they had attained a "magic solution" to the enrichment issue in prior discussions, when it was decided an domestic cooperative with Washington's engagement could enrich uranium. The two nations would have been able to declare success since local refinement would have remained and the US could be assured that Iran's enrichment initiative was entirely non-military.
It had not been agreed in the talks that Washington's technical specialists could function on Iranian soil, but that was a reasonable assumption of the consortium proposal. Representatives stated repeatedly they had reached agreement with Washington's diplomat the American negotiator only for the arrangement to collapse due to "spoilers in Washington".
Iran's diplomats declared the cooperative arrangement was now no longer available, but it seems very probable the offer could be reintroduced in various formats if discussions resume.
The US president in recent days said he had been getting signals that Iran wanted to resume discussions, but confidentially Iran's diplomats claim they are not yet getting coherent offers from Washington either straightforwardly or from important Middle Eastern intermediaries, such as Qatar, the Egyptian leadership, the Omani authorities and Saudi Arabia. The Iran's state department has been accused of non-responsiveness in the wake of Trump's direct instinctive approach, but Iran says diplomacy is not part of a show.
In his address to the conference, intended to portray the US as a controlling nation that exploits the notion of international law, Araghchi declared the 12-day war showed the dispute could not be ended by armed force. He stated the attacks began with a American requirement for an complete Tehran capitulation and culminated with an absolute demand for a truce.
Iran is assured the first strikes by Israel were carried out with total Washington understanding and cooperation, making confidence challenging to restore.
The foreign minister said: "It was not Iran that had deserted negotiations; it was the United States and the western countries that had consistently attempted to dictate their will during the negotiations. Negotiations can still be active and continues the ultimate resolution to settle disputes, but its standards, regulations and tenets must be respected."
"If they speak to the Iranian people with the language of respect and honor, they will obtain a answer in the equivalent language."
In what is portrayed by Iran's diplomats as the battle of repair and rebuilding, Araghchi said he was confident Iran's defence capabilities "are much stronger than preceding 13 or 14 June of this year. Every aspect of our defense have been reestablished. We gained numerous insights from this engagement; we have discovered our own weaknesses and the shortcomings of the adversary."
He continued: "We effectively endured this war. Our nuclear technology, which they aimed to obliterate, remains in place. The sites and equipment, if eliminated, will be rebuilt; what is important is the resolve of the Iranian people and then the social solidarity that they aimed at, but failed to shatter. The nation of Iran have grown more powerful, more cohesive, and more supportive of the government and the country in the aftermath of this invasion."
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