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NAME: IRN NUCLEAR 2 20060117I TAPE: EF06/0049 IN_TIME: 10:49:13:00 DURATION: 00:02:52:14 SOURCES: AP TELEVISION DATELINE: Tehran - 17 Jan 2006 RESTRICTIONS: SHOTLIST: 1. Wide of Sadr highway, north of Tehran 2. Cars on highway 3. People walking 4. Kiosk selling newspapers 5. Close up of a newspaper headline: (English) "Putin urges caution on Iran" 6. Man reading newspaper 7. Newspapers on sale 8. SOUNDBITE: (Farsi) Shahram Safayi, Retired Government Employee: (reacting to Monday's meeting of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council) "I think Iran should have the right to uranium enrichment just like other countries. Iranians should have the right to enrichment by themselves. Why shouldn't we benefit from this technology?" 9. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Tajik President Emomali Rakhmonov shaking hands, walking to podium 10. Medium of both presidents at podium 11. Soldiers playing Tajik national anthem 12. Various of welcome ceremony for Rakhmonov 13. Handshake between Ahmadinejad and Rakhmonov 14. Wide of Ahmadinejad and Rakhmonov in meeting 15. Various of Iranian and Tajik delegates 16. Wide of roundtable meeting 17. Close-up of Ahmadinejad 18. Various of meeting 19. Man buying newspaper 20. Close-up of newspaper report with headline: (English) "CNN Tehran office closed" 21. Various of people watching CNN on television 22. SOUNDBITE: (Farsi) Rasool Momeni, University Student: (on Ahmadinejad's command to lift the ban on CNN in Iran) "CNN should reflect the truth. Iranians have never been in favour of using force unless they are pushed to. We have proved it during the hardest times for our country and we will continue in the same direction. We also support Mr Ahmadinejad, whatever he decides." 23. Wide of Tajrish square with snowy mountains in background 24. Women walking in street 25. Wide of Tajrish square with snowy mountains in background STORYLINE Residents in the Iranian capital Tehran struck a defiant note on Tuesday in the face of international pressure over the country's nuclear activities and the ban on US broadcaster CNN, which was lifted earlier in the day. "I think Iran should have the right to uranium enrichment just like other countries," retired government employee Shahram Safayi said. He was commenting following a flurry of meetings by world powers over how to react to Iran's decision last week to remove UN seals from its uranium enrichment facility and resume small-scale enrichment. On Monday, envoys of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council as well as Germany met in London. Afterwards, a British spokesman said the US, Britain, China, France, Germany and Russia had expressed "serious concerns" about Iran's move and agreed that Iran should suspend fully its nuclear activities and return to negotiations. Meanwhile on Tuesday, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad visited Tajikistan as controversy continued at home over CNN's activities in Iran. Iran lifted its ban on the US television network earlier on Tuesday, a day after the government barred it from the country because of its mistranslation of nuclear comments by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, state television reported. But Tehran residents expressed their anger over the matter. University student, Rasool Momeni said CNN should "reflect the truth". Ahmadinejad ordered the reversal "due to the expression of an apology" from CNN over the mistake, the state-run TV broadcast said. Iran imposed the ban on Monday after CNN misquoted the president as speaking of "nuclear weapons" when he actually referred to "nuclear technology." CNN admitted the mistake in a broadcast. Hardliners called the mistranslation a "deliberate" act by CNN to misrepresent Iran's position at a crucial moment in international negotiations. In its apology, the Atlanta-based CNN said on Monday it had "quoted Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as saying that Iran had the right to build nuclear weapons". "In fact, he said that Iran had the right to nuclear energy. He added that 'a nation that has civilisation does not need nuclear weapons and our nation does not need them'." The United States accuses Iran of secretly aiming to build nuclear weapons, but Iran denies the charge, insisting its nuclear programme is solely for generating electricity.