CNN’s chief international anchor Christiane Amanpour, has recounted how the Iranian president, Ebrahim Raisi, cancelled an interview with her over her refusal to wear a headscarf.
In a Twitter thread on Thursday, Amanpour revealed the interview had been behind schedule without Raisi showing up when an aide of his came to demand that she covers her hair.
She tweeted, “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’s the holy months of Muharram and Safar.
“I politely declined. We are in New York, where there is no law or tradition regarding headscarves.