In this photo taken Friday, Oct. 4, 2013, President Barack Obama listens to a question during a wide-ranging and exclusive interview with The Associated Press in the White House library in Washington four days into a partial shutdown of the federal government. Obama said the U.S. intelligence community believes Iran continues to be a year or more away from having the capability to make a nuclear weapon, an assessment at odds with Israel, which contends Tehran is on a faster course toward a bomb. He expressed optimism about the blossoming diplomacy between his administration and Iran's new president but said the U.S. would not accept a "bad deal" on the Islamic republic's nuclear program. In this picture released by an official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, right, attends a graduation ceremony of army cadets, while he is accompanied by the Revolutionary Guard commander Mohammad Ali Jafari, center, Senior Advisor to Supreme Leader in Military Affairs, Yahya Rahim Safavi, second left, and Defense Minister Hossein Dehghan, in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Oct. 5 2013. Iran's top leader says some aspects of Hassan Rouhani's trip to New York last month were "not appropriate," but has reiterated his crucial support for the president's policy of outreach to the West. The comments by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, summarized Saturday on his website khamenei.ir, came after hard-liners criticized a 15-minute phone call made by Rouhani to President Barack Obama, a gesture aimed at ending three decades of estrangement between the two countries. AP Photo/Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama says U.S. intelligence assessments show Iran is still "a year or more away" from building a nuclear weapon. The president's assessment puts him at odds with Israel, which says Iran is just months away from being able to build a bomb. Obama, in an interview with The Associated Press, acknowledged that Americans estimates are "more conservative" than those of the Israelis. Obama also says the world must "test" whether Iranian President Hassan Rouhani (hah-SAHN' roh-HAH'-nee) is serious about resolving its nuclear dispute diplomatically. But he says the U.S. won't take a "bad deal" from Iran. Israel has dismissed Iran's outreach to the U.S. Obama says that if he were Israel's leader, he'd be "be very wary as well of any kind of talk from the Iranians."