After the refusal of the Iranian president, Ebrahim Raisi, to do an interview with Christiane Amanp
our because she was not wearing a veil, the popular CNN journalist posted on her Twitter account the photo of the empty chair in the place where the interview
, on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York.
"And so we left. The interview did not take place. With protests continuing in Iran and people being killed, it would have been an important time to speak with President Raisi," the anchor wrote. Iranian origin.
Christiane Amanpour publishes photos with the chair for Raisi empty
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi refused an interview with CNN at the last minute because the famous journalist Christiane Amanpour refused to wear the veil.
The same Iranian-born journalist and war correspondent said she was supposed to interview the Iranian leader.
"I believe - explained the reporter - that he does not want to be seen with a woman without a veil at a time when protests are raging in his country" for the death of Mahsa Amini, the 22-year-old who died after being arrested by the moral police in Tehran because she did not she wore the veil correctly.
