Israeli leak: Teheran not close to bomb

Release comes at sensitive moment, as world powers face a March 31 deadline to reach a deal with Iran

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's claim that Iran was a year away from making a nuclear bomb was contradicted by his secret service, according to reports on Monday citing leaked documents.

The inconsistency was revealed in a cache of communications between South African intelligence services and their global partners - including Israel's Mossad and the United States' CIA - that were leaked to Qatar-based news network Al-Jazeera and The Guardian in Britain.