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Christiane Amanpour, shown in 2018, spoke of her interview with Iran's president turned into canceled when she refused to wear a headscarf. Charly Triballeau /AFP by way of Getty photos conceal caption

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Christiane Amanpour, proven in 2018, observed her interview with Iran's president was canceled when she refused to wear a scarf.

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An interview between CNN's Chief foreign Anchor Christiane Amanpour and Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi was abruptly canceled as a result of Amanpour declined to put on a hijab, she recounted on Twitter.

Iran's state news agency did not tricky on the cause of the surprising cancelation, however blamed Amanpour "as a result of refusing protocol." The protocol, it pointed out, "is being determined by means of the guest."

Amanpour talked about she was planning to talk about the most important demonstrations surging in Iran, together with numerous incidents the place women are burning their hijabs to protest the loss of life in police custody of a young girl named Mahsa Amini, among different issues.

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but after her team waited forty minutes for Raisi to arrive, an aide of his approached her. "The president, he said, become suggesting I put on a scarf, since it's the holy months of Muharram and Safar," Amanpour mentioned.

"I politely declined. we are in big apple, the place there is not any law or lifestyle regarding headscarves," Amanpour brought. "I pointed out that no previous Iranian president has required this when I actually have interviewed them outside Iran."

for instance, she performed several interviews with former Iranian President Hassan Rouhani within the U.S., and didn't put on a scarf.

This time, the aide made it clear the hijab became a condition for the interview, describing it as a "matter of respect," based on the veteran journalist. it's a condition that Amanpour called "exceptional and sudden."

Amanpour's father is Iranian and she or he spent part of her childhood in Tehran.