Iran - CNN banned after mistake in translation

CNN journalists have been banned from Iran. Following a mistake in translation which purported Mamhoud Ahmedinejad to have said that Iran had the right to build nuclear weapons, the international news organisation has been expelled from the country until further notice. The mistake was due to an error by a translator employed by CNN. The statement should have read that Iran had the right to pursue a peaceful nuclear energy policy. CNN's simultaneous translation of Ahmadinejad's lengthy news conference on Saturday included the phrase "the use of nuclear weapons is Iran's right". In fact, the Iranian president said that "Iran has the right to nuclear energy," the official IRNA news agency reported. [Reuters]