Christiane Amanpour, proven in 2018, stated her interview with Iran’s president was canceled when she refused to put on a scarf.
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Christiane Amanpour, proven in 2018, stated her interview with Iran’s president was canceled when she refused to put on a scarf.
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An interview between CNN’s Chief Worldwide Anchor Christiane Amanpour and Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi was abruptly canceled as a result of Amanpour declined to put on a hijab, she recounted on Twitter.
Iran’s state information company didn’t elaborate on the rationale for the sudden cancelation, however blamed Amanpour “due to refusing protocol.” The protocol, it stated, “is being decided by the visitor.”
Amanpour stated she was planning to debate the most important demonstrations surging in Iran, together with quite a few incidents the place ladies are burning their hijabs to protest the demise in police custody of a younger lady named Mahsa Amini, amongst different subjects.
However after her crew waited 40 minutes for Raisi to reach, an aide of his approached her. “The president, he stated, was suggesting I put on a scarf, as a result of it is the holy months of Muharram and Safar,” Amanpour stated.
“I politely declined. We’re in New York, the place there is no such thing as a legislation or custom concerning headscarves,” Amanpour added. “I identified that no earlier Iranian president has required this when I’ve interviewed them exterior Iran.”
For instance, she carried out a number of interviews with former Iranian President Hassan Rouhani within the U.S., and didn’t put on a scarf.
This time, the aide made it clear the hijab was a situation for the interview, describing it as a “matter of respect,” in line with the veteran journalist. It is a situation that Amanpour known as “unprecedented and sudden.”
Amanpour’s father is Iranian and she or he spent a part of her childhood in Tehran.
