US denies reports of prisoner swap with Iran

The US State Department has rejected reports of a prisoner swap deal between Washington and Tehran. In a statement issued on Sunday, Department spokesman Ned Price said: "Reports that a prisoner swap deal has been reached are not true. As we have said, we always raise the cases of Americans detained or missing in Iran. "We will not stop until we are able to reunite them with their families."

Also rejecting the reports, White House chief of staff Ron Klain told CBS News on Sunday that "there is no agreement to release these four Americans", The Hill news website reported. (IANS)

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