The well-known journalist CNN Christiane Amanpour He assured this Thursday that the interview he had scheduled with the Iranian president, ebrahim raisiwas suspended because she refused to cover her head with a scarf, as requested by aides to the president of Iran, a country where women are forced to cover their hair.
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As Amanpour wrote in a chain of tweets, the request to cover his hair was made by an aide to the president when the interview was already 40 minutes late on the scheduled time.
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The incident is particularly relevant because the disturbances that various regions of Iran are currently experiencing precisely because of the issue of the Islamic headscarf, mandatory for all women in outdoor spaces.
Protests are sweeping Iran & women are burning their hijabs after the death last week of Mahsa Amini, following her arrest by the “morality police”. Human rights groups say at least 8 have been killed. Last night, I planned to ask President Raisi about all this and much more. 1/7
— Christiane Amanpour (@amanpour) September 22, 2022
Last Friday, protests broke out in Iran – in which at least six people have already died – after learning of the death in police custody of Mahsa Amin, who had been arrested by the Moral Police for wearing the veil wrong; In the protests, women have been seen removing their veils in public, unprecedented images.
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The American journalist wrote that the Iranian official made it clear to her that the interview would not take place if she was not wearing a scarf.
“He said it was a ‘respect issue’ and he referred to the ‘situation in Iran’ alluding to the protests in the country,” the interviewer said.
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He said it was a “question of respect” and referred to the “situation in Iran” alluding to the protests in the country
Amanpour added that he “politely” declined, writing: “We are in New York, where there is no law or tradition regarding headscarves. I pointed out that no previous Iranian president had asked for that when I interviewed him outside of Iran.”
“Once again, I said that I could not accept this unexpected and unprecedented condition, so I left and the interview did not take place,” settled the presenter, who acknowledges that “it would have been an important moment to speak with President Raisi” who is in New York on the occasion of the United Nations General Assembly that started last Tuesday.
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The information professional also indicated that the interview had been planned for several weeks and that the preparation of the set had taken eight hours.
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