[Blinken denies that the United States and Iran are close to reaching an agreement]-US Secretary of State Anthony Lincoln denied on the 16th local time that the United States and Iran were close to reaching an agreement on restricting Iran's nuclear program and releasing US citizens in custody, saying the reports were neither accurate nor true. When asked about the indirect talks between the United States and Iran through Oman at a press conference in Washington on the same day, Brinklin said: "with regard to Iran, we have seen some reports about the nuclear deal or detainees, which are neither accurate nor true at all."