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Iran Lifts CNN Ban; Amanpour Criticized
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: January 17, 2006


TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran lifted its ban on CNN on Tuesday, a day after the government barred the U.S. network from the country because of its mistranslation of nuclear comments by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, state television reported.

Ahmadinejad ordered the reversal ''due to the expression of an apology'' from CNN over the mistranslation, the state-run TV broadcast said.

Iran imposed the ban after CNN misquoted the president as speaking of developing ''nuclear weapons'' when he actually referred to ''nuclear technology.'' CNN admitted the mistake in a broadcast.

Hard-liners called the mistranslation a deliberate act to misrepresent Iran's position at a crucial moment in international negotiations. The move highlighted the continuing tension between Iran and the West over Tehran's nuclear program.

The Jomhuri-e-Eslami newspaper said Tuesday that CNN correspondent Christiane Amanpour was a "CIA and Mossad agent with a bad record" who should be barred from Iran....


http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/international/AP-Iran-CNN.html