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Tehran is prepared to reinitiate nuclear discussions with Washington as long as it is handled with "respect" and "honor", Iran's top diplomat has declared.

The Iranian diplomat said solely negotiations was effective, and disclosed new appeals had come from go-betweens to restart talks with the American leadership. He said Iran did not have secret atomic facilities, and Iran was not yet able to allow the International Atomic Energy Agency to access bombed nuclear sites for protective measures.

Walking a Complex Course

The foreign minister is treading a complex route since Iran aims to avoid be perceived to be proceeding from a position of weakness, and he emphatically stated that Iran had arisen more powerful in military terms and psychologically from the joint assault on its enrichment centers in June.

He was talking at a strategic meeting in Tehran where he reaffirmed that Iran had "an inalienable right to refine atomic fuel domestically that it will perpetually retain" – the primary cause of the impasse in the previous talks.

Prior Discussions Abruptly Concluded

The previous five rounds of discussions between the United States and Iran were brought to an abrupt and hostile termination on 12 June when Israel, with American backing, struck Tehran's atomic facilities in a two-week conflict that concluded with the American leader claiming the facilities had been obliterated. Subsequently, Western states employed their right to reimpose international penalties, but Iran insists they have not had a significant effect.

Perfect Agreement Suggested

Tehran representatives said they felt they had achieved a "ideal resolution" to the nuclear fuel concern in previous talks, when it was decided an domestic cooperative with American involvement could process nuclear material. Both sides would have been able to claim victory since home-based processing would have continued and the US could be confident that Iran's nuclear programme was entirely non-military.

It had not been settled in the negotiations that Washington's technical specialists could function on Iranian soil, but that was a reasonable assumption of the partnership suggestion. Officials claimed three times they had reached agreement with the US representative the American negotiator only for the arrangement to fall apart due to "detractors in America".

Current Situation

Iran's diplomats stated the partnership proposal was now withdrawn, but it seems very probable the suggestion could be resurrected in various formats if negotiations resume.

The US president recently stated he had been getting signals that Iran desired to reopen negotiations, but confidentially Tehran representatives claim they are not yet receiving consistent overtures from the United States either explicitly or from key regional mediators, such as Qatar, Egypt, Oman and the Saudi kingdom. The Iranian foreign ministry has been criticized of non-responsiveness in the wake of Washington's unmediated tactics, but Tehran says dialogue is not part of a spectacle.

Political Position

In his speech to the gathering, designed to portray the US as a hegemonic power that abuses the idea of worldwide standards, Araghchi stated the 12-day war revealed the clash could not be settled by armed force. He said the attacks started with a Washington's ultimatum for an total Iran submission and culminated with an complete request for a ceasefire.

Iran is convinced the first strikes by Israel were carried out with full US knowledge and coordination, making faith difficult to restore.

Diplomacy Stays the Ultimate Solution

The foreign minister declared: "Tehran was not the one that had abandoned diplomacy; it was the United States and the Western nations that had repeatedly sought to dictate their demands during the negotiations. Dialogue can still be alive and stays the ultimate answer to settle disagreements, but its standards, rules and fundamentals must be followed."

"If they address to the citizens of Tehran with the tone of dignity and honor, they will get a reply in the same approach."

Repair and Recovery

In what is described by Iran's diplomats as the conflict of repair and reconstruction, the foreign minister stated he was certain Iran's security strengths "are considerably enhanced than prior to 13 or 14 June of this year. All our capabilities have been restored. We acquired numerous insights from this war; we have discovered our internal vulnerabilities and the weaknesses of the opponent."

He continued: "We successfully passed this war. Our enrichment knowledge, which they aimed to obliterate, stays intact. The facilities and machinery, if destroyed, will be reconstructed; what is essential is the will of the Iranian people and then the social solidarity that they targeted, but did not succeed to shatter. The Iranian people have become more powerful, more cohesive, and more supportive of the administration and the country in the face of this invasion."