Still the first question should be is the story true. The rest is just smoke.
Is the source for this an Iranian official?
It's a leaked tape, not like he is an official presenting a story that he is likely to lie.
My point was we had this tape and then two responses came from the Kerry camp: A) Kerry saying it is not true, he didn't say anything. B) Rhodes and others saying he did tell them, but it was already public knowledge. That's not "smoke", they can't both be true.
He has publicly sided with Iran over Israeli interests, but let's still wonder if maybe the story is a lie because ... why exactly? The first link you saw was the NY Post?