Strike on Iran would destabilize region - France

Any military strike against Iran in the dispute over its nuclear program risks destabilizing the region, French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin said in an interview released on Friday.

"For France, a military intervention is not the solution," he said in comments to be published on Saturday in the London-based Arabic newspaper Al Hayat. "I add that a military strike against Iran would have unforeseeable consequences, which would be deeply destabilizing for the whole region." (Reuters)