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RAISI CANCELS CNN INTERVIEW AFTER CHRISTIANE AMANPOUR REFUSES TO WEAR HIJAB


AN AIDE TO THE PRESIDENT TOLD THE CNN ANCHOR THAT WEARING THE HIJAB WAS "A
MATTER OF RESPECT."

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Published: SEPTEMBER 22, 2022 16:17

Updated: SEPTEMBER 22, 2022 17:58

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi attends a meeting with Russian President
Vladimir Putin (not pictured) on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation
Organization (SCO) summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan September 15, 2022.
(photo credit: IRAN'S PRESIDENTIAL WEBSITE/WANA (WEST ASIA NEWS AGENCY)/HANDOUT
VIA REUTERS)
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Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi canceled an interview with CNN in New York on
Wednesday after one of its anchors, Christiane Amanpour, refused to wear a hijab
during the interview, she revealed on Thursday.



"This was going to be President Raisi’s 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," tweeted Amanpour.







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40 minutes after the interview was supposed to start, an aide of the president
came over to the anchor and asked her to wear a headscarf.



"I politely declined," wrote the anchor. "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."


Then Iranian President Mohammad Khatami (L) with Iranian-born CNN correspondent
Christianne Amanpour (R) prior to their interview in Tehran. The interview was
the first of its kind by an Iranian leader since ties were broken between the US
and Iran following the 1979 Islamic revolution. (credit: IRNA/AFP VIA GETTY
IMAGES)

"The aide made it clear that the interview would not happen if I did not wear a
headscarf. He said it was 'a matter of respect,' and referred to 'the situation
in Iran' - alluding to the protests sweeping the country. Again, I said that I
couldn’t agree to this unprecedented and unexpected condition."



Amanpour walked away and the interview did not take place. "As protests continue
in Iran and people are being killed, it would have been an important moment to
speak with President Raisi."





CBS JOURNALIST FORCED TO WEAR HIJAB DURING AN INTERVIEW WITH RAISI

Last week, Raisi gave an interview to CBS's 60 Minutes program. CBS journalist
Leslie Stahl described how she was told "how to dress, not to sit before he did
and not to interrupt him," ahead of the interview.



The canceled interview comes amid intense protests throughout Iran following the
death of Mahsa Amini, who died after being arrested and reportedly beaten by
morality police in Tehran.





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