On Friday, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken denied any agreement between the United States and Iran regarding Tehran's nuclear program, stressing that press reports that spoke of such an agreement were "inaccurate."

"With regard to Iran, some of the reports we've seen about an agreement on nuclear issues or about detainees are simply inaccurate and incorrect," Blinken said in response to a question during a press conference.

Several media outlets recently published reports that confirmed that Washington and Tehran are about to conclude an interim agreement to replace the 2015 Iranian nuclear agreement, which has become null and void since the United States withdrew from it in 2018.
Iran also denied this information.

This comes in light of moving talks between the Westerners and the Iranians on the nuclear issue.

Diplomatic sources said that a high-ranking Iranian diplomatic official discussed, on Monday in Abu Dhabi, with representatives of France, Britain and Germany, strategic issues, including the Iranian nuclear program.

Tehran also confirmed on Monday that it is holding indirect talks with the United States, mediated by the Sultanate of Oman.

Blinken renewed the American position on Friday in terms of that the United States is "determined that Iran not obtain a nuclear weapon" and that to achieve this, "all options remain on the table."

"We still believe that diplomacy is the most effective way to achieve this, but there is no agreement, and reports to the contrary are inaccurate," he said.

He added that "there was no agreement" on the release of American citizens in Iran or the exchange of detainees.

At least three Iranian Americans are being held in Iran, including businessman Siamak Namazi, who was arrested in October 2015 and sentenced to ten years in prison for espionage.