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CNN’s Christiane Amanpour Refuses Iranian President’s Demand She Wear Headscarf for Interview

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said in a Twitter thread, when an aide of President Raisi approached her. “The president, he said, was suggesting I wear a headscarf, because it’s the holy months of Muharram and Safar,” she tweeted. “I politely declined.

We are in New York, where there is no law or tradition regarding headscarves. I pointed out that no previous Iranian president has required this when I have interviewed them outside Iran.”The aide said the interview would not happen if the veteran newswoman did not wear a headscarf as “a matter of respect,” she said.

He referred to “the situation in Iran,” meaning the widespread protests sweeping the country. At least nine women have been killed in the protests since the 22-year-old Mahsa Amini died in custody after being arrested by the “morality police,” the Associated Press reported, calling the unrest the worst the country has seen in years. “Again, I said that I couldn’t agree to this unprecedented and unexpected condition,” Amanpour said. “And so we walked away.

The interview didn’t happen. As protests continue in Iran and people are being killed, it would have been an important moment to speak with President Raisi.”Read Amanpour’s Twitter thread in full below.

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