Reporters at Wednesday’s State Department press briefing erupted when new spokesperson John Kirby asserted that Secretary of State John Kerry on Tuesday did not make a major concession to Iran, and that reporters’ stories to the contrary were wrong.

In Tuesday’s briefing, Kerry claimed that “we’re not fixated” on what Iran did in the past militarily with its nuclear program, activities that State is calling “possible military dimensions,” or PMDs. That was widely interpreted as a reversal in policy, since Kerry himself made very clear in April that a final deal and sanctions relief for Iran hinged on Iran’s disclosure of past military-related nuclear activities.

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