{"id":218038,"date":"2022-09-23T06:52:29","date_gmt":"2022-09-23T05:52:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=218038"},"modified":"2022-09-23T06:52:29","modified_gmt":"2022-09-23T05:52:29","slug":"how-irans-president-snubbed-interview-over-my-refusal-to-wear-headscarf-amanpour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/09\/23\/how-irans-president-snubbed-interview-over-my-refusal-to-wear-headscarf-amanpour\/","title":{"rendered":"How Iran\u2019s president snubbed interview over my refusal to wear headscarf \u2013 Amanpour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Christiane Amanpour, anchor of Amanpour, a global affairs interview programme on CNN International, says Iran\u2019s President Ebrahim Raisi declined an interview with her because she refused to wear a headscarf. <\/p>\n<p>She made this known in a series of posts on her Twitter page on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Women in Iran have been protesting over the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish woman who was detained for breaking the hijab laws in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Amanpour said she had scheduled to interview Raisi on issues around the protest during his visit to New York for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/09\/17\/buhari-off-to-us-for-un-general-assembly\/\">United Nations general assembly (UNGA77).<\/a><\/p>\n<p>However, 40 minutes after the scheduled time, she said the president\u2019s aide requested that she puts on a headscarf because it is the holy month of Muharram and Safar.<\/p>\n<p>Amanpour said she \u201cpolitely declined\u201d the request.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">And so we walked away. The interview didn\u2019t 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 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kMFyQY99Zh\">pic.twitter.com\/kMFyQY99Zh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Christiane Amanpour (@amanpour) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/amanpour\/status\/1572928531713372160?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 22, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cProtests are sweeping Iran and women are burning their hijabs after the death last week of Mahsa Amini, following her arrest by the \u2018morality police\u2019. Human rights groups say at least 8 have been killed. Last night, I planned to ask President Raisi about all this and much more,\u201d she wrote on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis was going to be President Raisi\u2019s first ever interview on US soil, during his visit to NY for UNGA. After weeks of planning and eight hours of setting up translation equipment, lights and cameras, we were ready. But no sign of President Raisi\u2026 40 minutes after the interview had been due to start, an aide came over. The president, he said, was suggesting I wear a headscarf, because it\u2019s the holy months of Muharram and Safar.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI 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.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe aide made it clear that the interview would not happen if I did not wear a headscarf. He said it was \u2018a matter of respect,\u2019 and referred to \u2018the situation in Iran\u2019 \u2013 alluding to the protests sweeping the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAgain, I said that I couldn\u2019t agree to this unprecedented and unexpected condition.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Amanpour added that it would have been an \u201cimportant moment\u201d to speak with Raisi amid the protests and killings in Iran.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Christiane Amanpour, anchor of Amanpour, a global affairs interview programme on CNN International, says Iran\u2019s President Ebrahim Raisi declined an interview with her because she refused to wear a headscarf. She made this known in a series of posts on her Twitter page on Thursday. 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