CNN vedette journalist Christiane Amanpour affirmed that she refused to carry a voile for an interview once again in New York by Iranian President Ebrahim Raïssi, who had provoked her annulation du face-à-face in the full movement of protests in the country.
According to the tweets of the head of CNN’s international antenna, an adviser to the Iranian president came to see her “40 minutes after the time the interview should have started”, to tell her that Ebrahim Raïsi “suggested” that she wears a veil , “because these are the holy months of Muharram and Safar.”
“I politely declined. We are in New York, where there is no law or tradition regarding the wearing of the veil. I pointed out that no previous Iranian president had required it when I interviewed him outside of Iran,” the Briton said. Born journalist of Iranian father.
“The interview did not take place”
According to this international CNN figure, the adviser explained that under these conditions the interview, which was going to take place on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly, would not take place.
“So we gave up. The interview did not take place. As protests continue in Iran and people are dying, it would have been important to talk to President Raisi,” concluded Christiane Amanpour, who posted a photo of herself in front of a empty. chair.
Protests, in which at least 17 people have been killed according to state media reports, have erupted in Iran since authorities announced the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini on September 16. The morality police, responsible for enforcing the strict dress code in the Islamic Republic, had arrested her for “wearing inappropriate clothing”.
Source: BFM TV
