Cable News Network (CNN) has officially apologized for misquoting the remarks of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at a press conference held Saturday. The president, talking to more than 200 domestic and foreign reporters, said Iran had the right to the peaceful use of nuclear energy which it cannot be denied of. CNN, in its website Sunday evening, said that due to a translation error, CNN incorrectly quoted Iranian Presisent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as saying in his speech on Saturday that ”the use of nuclear weapons is Iran`s right.” In fact, what the Iranian president said was that ”Iran has the right to nuclear energy, CNN clarified. It said that the TV channel ”takes this matter very seriously and apologizes for the error.” It may be said here that CNN aired its wrong translation of the president`s remarks a number of times and that among the many news agencies that were represented in the news conference, including those of the West, it was the only one which made the error. Its chief correspondent, Iranian-born Christian Amanpour, who knows the Persian-language well, was present at the press conference. Ahmadinejad, in the conference, remarkably defended Iran`s position by saying Iran is a nation ”rich in culture, civilization and history” and would have no need for nuclear weapons.