Harf-tastic: Has the State Dept. spox actually read the NYT article she's blasting?

On Tuesday, State Department spokesperson Marie Harf said she was “perplexed” by a New York Times report which cited the International Atomic Energy Agency as claiming that Iran has increased its nuclear fuel stockpile by 20 percent over the past 18 months.

Yesterday, Harf continued to blast the Times’ report and one of its authors, insisting that “all the nuclear experts” have told her that Iran will fully comply with the terms of a deal with the Obama administration:

https://twitter.com/marieharf/status/606059181389541377
https://twitter.com/marieharf/status/606059345340547072
https://twitter.com/marieharf/status/606059594029404160
https://twitter.com/marieharf/status/606059891661410304
https://twitter.com/marieharf/status/606060277197611008
https://twitter.com/marieharf/status/606061947591753728

Harf encouraged Sanger to check out an expert on the subject:

https://twitter.com/marieharf/status/606064698300231680

Did Harf actually read the entire NYT article?

So State Spox is urging NYT reporter to "check out" the same analyst he quoted in his piece: http://t.co/iSpnhvUE97 pic.twitter.com/eQ9NHnspUL

— Oren Kessler (@OrenKessler) June 4, 2015

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There it is:

“From the U.S. perspective, it’s obviously less than ideal,” said Richard M. Nephew, an Iran specialist at Columbia University, who worked at the White House and State Department. Mr. Nephew said the enlarged stockpile was not a deal breaker because Iran could find a way of solving the problem, especially if it was offered sanctions relief.

Harf-tastic!