As Iran erupted in violence over the death of a young woman in the custody of the morality police, CNN s chief international correspondent, Christiane Amanpour , had her own run-in over a headscarf with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi.
Raisi suddenly pulled out of a long-planned interview in New York after Amanpour refused his last-minute demand to wear a headscarf. It was very unsettling, Amanpour said Thursday on CNNs New Day.
The unusual confrontation occurred as protesters battled police in the wake of the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody. She had been arrested last week by Iranian morality police because her headscarf was allegedly too loose to comply with the nations strictly enforced Islamic clothing restrictions for women.
Police claimed she died of heart failure, but her family said she was in perfect health with no history of heart problems.
Amanpour said tension over such repression has been mounting in Iran, but it has grown increasingly volatile since the election of the current hard-line government, including Raisi. Treatment of women is always the barometer of Iranian government politics, Amanpour noted.
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Amanpour, who grew up in Tehran, said she has always worn a headscarf working in Iran because its the custom, otherwise you just couldnt operate as a journalist there, she added.
Here in New York, or anywhere else outside of Iran, I have never been asked by any Iranian president and I have interviewed every single one of them since 1995 either inside or outside of Iran, never been asked to wear a headscarf, Amanpour said
But Raisi was already 40 minutes late for the interview Wednesday night at the United Nations headquarters in Manhattan when his aide suddenly told Amanpour that the president needed her to wear a headscarf.
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Raisis aide said it was a matter of respect , referred to the current holy month as well as the situation in Iran, Amanpour said.
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. 5/7
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And so we walked away. The interview didnt happen. As protests continue in Iran and people are being killed, it would have been an important moment to speak with President Raisi. 7/7 pic.twitter.com/kMFyQY99Zh
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It would have been Raisis first interview on American soil.
I very politely declined on behalf of myself and CNN, and female journalists everywhere because it is not a requirement, and it was lobbed at us at the very last minute, Amanpour said.
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I think that he did not want to be seen with a female without a headscarf in this moment, she added.
As of Friday, at least nine people have been killed amid clashes between Iranian security forces and protesters furious about Aminis death, according to The Associated Press.
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The scope of ongoing unrest, the worst in several years, remains unclear, but protests have erupted in at least a dozen cities over the repression and mounting economic and social crises, AP noted.
Many Iranians, particularly the young, view Aminis death as part of the Islamic Republics far too heavy-handed policing of dissent and the morality polices increasingly violent treatment of young women.
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