No military fix to Iran nuclear plans: Peres

The Israeli president has told President Barack Obama's Mideast envoy there is no military solution to the threat caused by Iran's nuclear programme and talk of Israeli plans to attack nuclear facilities there are "unfounded."
Shimon Peres' office says he told visiting envoy George Mitchell Thursday that progress with Iran depended on international cooperation and exploring whether dialogue presented a real opportunity or if Tehran was just stalling.
Israel sees a nuclear Iran as the most serious threat to its existence. Iran's president has called for Israel's destruction, and Iran has tested long-range missiles that could strike Israel.
While not directly threatening Iran's nuclear facilities, Israel has kept the military option open.
The UN Security Council should condemn Israel for its "insolent threats" to attack Iran's nuclear facilities, the Iranian ambassador to the UN said in a letter seen here Wednesday.
"The Security Council should react to these vicious statements by unambiguously condemning them and calling on the said regime to cease and desist immediately from the threats of using force against members of the United Nations," Mohammad Khazaee said.
As an example of what he described as "the unlawful and insolent (Israeli) threats," he cited an Israeli radio interview Sunday quoting Israeli President Shimon Peres as saying: "we'll strike" Iran if new US diplomatic overtures failed to persuade Tehran to suspend its sensitive nuclear fuel work.
The Iranian envoy also pointed to March 31 comments by new Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu suggesting that the Jewish state "may attack Iran's nuclear facilities."