Iran has denied a media report that it is "close to reaching an interim nuclear deal" with the United States, saying such a deal does not exist and is not on the agenda, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported on Friday.

Tasnim news agency reported that Iran's permanent mission to the United Nations on Thursday responded in a statement to a report published by the London-based news outlet Middle East Eye which said that Tehran and Washington were close to reaching an interim agreement, under which Tehran would limit its nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief.

"There is no interim agreement to replace the JCPOA and it is not on the agenda," the Iranian mission said.

A White House National Security Council spokesman also denied the report, saying it was "false and misleading".

Iran signed the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action with world powers in July 2015, agreeing to place some restrictions on its nuclear program in return for the lifting of sanctions on the country. However, the United States withdrew from the agreement in May 2018 and reimposed its unilateral sanctions on Iran, prompting the latter to reduce some of its nuclear obligations under the agreement.

Talks on reviving the JCPOA began in April 2021 in Vienna without any breakthrough after the last round of talks in August 2022.