On the 16th local time, Iran rejected U.S. President Trump's claim that a U.S. detainee had been released, saying checks found no U.S. national matching Trump's description had left Iranian prisons and that no U.S. prisoner swap occurred. Trump had posted that Iran had allowed a U.S. citizen to leave, saying she was "wrongfully detained" in December 2024 under the Biden administration and is "safe and well."

2026-07-17

On the 16th local time, Iran rejected U.S. President Trump's claim that a U.S. detainee had been released, saying checks found no U.S. national matching Trump's description had left Iranian prisons and that no U.S. prisoner swap occurred. Trump had posted that Iran had allowed a U.S. citizen to leave, saying she was "wrongfully detained" in December 2024 under the Biden administration and is "safe and well."