WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says U.S. intelligence agencies believe Iran is still “a year or more” away from producing a nuclear weapon, an assessment he acknowledged was at odds with Israel.

“Our estimate is probably more conservative than the estimates of Israeli intelligence services,” Obama said in a wide-ranging interview with The Associated Press.

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