CNN’s Christiane Amanpour refuses Iran president’s demand to wear headscarf | New York Post
September 23, 2022
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as posted by the channelCNN’s veteran international affairs correspondent Christiane Amanpour said a planned televised interview with the president of Iran this week was canceled after she refused his demand that she don a head covering.
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi was among hundreds of world leaders who flew to New York this week to take part in the annual United Nations General Assembly.
Amanpour took to Twitter on Thursday, posting a photograph showing her sitting in front of an empty chair that was supposed to be occupied by Raisi during their interview.
She said she wanted to ask the Iranian leader about protests that have erupted in his country following the death of a 22-year-old woman who was taken into police custody for refusing to wear a head covering.
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