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Iran's president cancels interview after CNN reporter Amanpour refuses to wear headscarf

Iran's president cancels interview after CNN reporter Amanpour refuses to

The Iranian president canceled an interview with CNN's Christiane Amanpour after she refused his team's attempt to wear a headscarf.

Iran's president cancels interview after CNN reporter Amanpour refuses to

The interview was to be carried out due to the serious incident of the murder by the police of a 22-year-old woman who came out without a headscarf. Since that day, protests have erupted in Iran.

Iran's president cancels interview after CNN reporter Amanpour refuses to

Amanpour tells what happened. She says first that getting to do such an interview is not easy. It was organized. He went to the shooting studio. He spoke all day with his team and after he refused to wear the headscarf, the official response of the staff on behalf of the president was: The interview cannot take place at the moment without a headscarf, because this is a holy month.

Iran's president cancels interview after CNN reporter Amanpour refuses to

But how does Amanpour himself read this situation?

"The way I read it is that he was afraid to appear in public with a woman without a headscarf, at this point. It could also be because of the holy month, but it could also be because the people who would watch it with me would say: How is she sitting there with a journalist without a scarf, while out there they are killing young women for not ``wear a scarf,'' she said.