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Journalist Veteran Christiane Amanpour said on Thursday that an interview with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi was canceled after he insisted he was wearing a hijab, focusing on great protests in the state managed by the ulama.
Amanpour, Head of the CNN International Anchor who also has a show about the US PBS public announcer, said he was ready for a Wednesday interview during the UN General Assembly when an aide insisted he covered his hair.
I refuse politely. We are in New York, where there is no law or tradition about the veil,” Amanpour, who was born in England from Iran’s father, wrote on Twitter.
I pointed out that no previous Iranian president has required this when I have interviewed them outside Iran,” she 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. 7/7 pic.twitter.com/kMFyQY99Zh
— Christiane Amanpour (@amanpour) September 22, 2022
I said that I could not approve of conditions that had never happened before and unexpectedly. “He posted a photo of himself – without the hijab – sitting in front of the empty chair where Raisi was.
A maid Raisi, a hardliners, told Amanpur that he insisted on the hijab because of the “situation in Iran,” he said.
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
Iran has been swept away for almost a week of protest since the death of Mahsa Amini, who was 22 years old, who died after being arrested by the Morality Police who enforced the rules of the ulama about how women dress.
A non-government group said that at least 31 Iranian civilians had been killed in a crush on protests, where women were seen burning the hijab.
