Posted on 09/22/2022 10:06:17 AM PDT by Eleutheria5
Iran’s president walked out on an interview with CNN Wednesday, after one of the anchors refused his demand she wear a hijab.
The interview was to be held in New York Wednesday, during Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi’s visit to the US for his address at the United Nations General Assembly.
Christiane Amanpour, a veteran journalist for the cable news channel, was waiting to interview Raisi Wednesday when an aide to the Iranian president urged her to wear a headscarf, she tweeted Thursday.
“This was going to be President Raisi’s first ever interview on US soil, during his visit to NY for UNGA. After weeks of planning and eight hours of setting up translation equipment, lights and cameras, we were ready. But no sign of President Raisi.”
“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.”
Amanpour, who has interviewed numerous world leaders including two Iranian presidents, declined Raisi’s request, noting that neither of his predecessors whom she had interviewed had made any similar demands.
“I politely declined. We are in New York, where there is no law or tradition regarding headscarves. I pointed out that no previous Iranian president has required this when I have interviewed them outside Iran.”
“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.”
“Again, I said that I couldn’t agree to this unprecedented and unexpected condition....
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It was all downhill after bringing in Castro and Khrushchev to “school” us. It’s always a one way street.
There the truth about this story pure hypocrisy from the elites like her.
LULZ!
A debate in Dante’s Inferno.
At least she might’ve waxed her mustache.
“Didn’t want the folks in Iran to see it. They have TV’s too.”
EXACTLY!
Who would watch such BS anyhow?
I have no interest whatsoever in what some Ayatollah or a Lackey has to say.
Was that pic taken in the USA or Iran or other muslim nation?
She’s been wearing the submit shawl for decades. Why the change?
The President is a stooge installed by “holy men”.
Just get a man to do the interview and be done with it. Having her read the prepared questions adds little value.
There’s a million reasons why I dislike Amanpour, but she does deserve respect for this. Of course, she does cover up when she travels to Muslim countries.
I see this as a win, win, for me. I don’t care, so I win. I wouldn’t have watched it so, I win. The Iran Pres can suck it, Amanpour can suck it as well.
LOL! Hadji would have had a stiffy if he saw some hair!
I like how Licht is letting her sweat her job, she'll be the last to be fired, but before the end of the year.
“...persian dew rag”
Spewed coffee all over my keyboard!
“He said it was ‘a matter of respect,’ and referred to ‘the situation in Iran’...”
Considering that the “situation in Iran” is that the state murdered a woman for not wearing a headscarf, I would take that as a threat.
“Why was that Iranian POS allowed into the US anyway?”
Because he was attending a meeting of the UN, and the UN headquarters is located here.
“Of course, she does cover up when she travels to Muslim countries.”
Most women that don’t want to get raped by a mob of angry Muslims do.
I’m shocked. I thought she loved the hijab.
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