ROME (AFP) - Iran's nuclear program demands a political rather than a military response, Israeli President Shimon Peres said Friday, a day after his French counterpart warned Tehran risked a possible Israeli strike.

""I think the problem can be resolved not militarily but politically and economically,"" Peres told reporters on the sidelines of a meeting in the northern Italian town of Cernobbio that also included Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas.
In remarks carried by ANSA news agency, he described a military option in dealing with Iran as ""an error.""
""So long as there is a possibility of acting politically and economically, it is much better,"" Peres said.
On Thursday, French President Nicolas Sarkozy warned Tehran that its determination to press on with its controversial nuclear drive risked an Israeli strike that would be a ""catastrophe.""