Iran leader shuns Christiane Amanpour interview over refusal to wear headscarf | Ebrahim Raisi | The Guardian

Iran leader shuns Christiane Amanpour interview over refusal to wear headscarf | Ebrahim Raisi | The Guardian: %u201CThis%20was%20going%20to%20be%20President%20Raisi%u2019s%20first%20ever%20interview%20on%20US%20soil%2C%20during%20his%20visit%20to%20NY%20for%20UNGA.%20After%20weeks%20of%20planning%20and%20eight%20hours%20of%20setting%20up%20translation%20equipment%2C%20lights%20and%20cameras%2C%20we%20were%20ready.%20But%20no%20sign%20of%20President%20Raisi%2C%u201D%20Amanpour%20tweeted%20on%20Thursday.%0A%0AForty%20minutes%20after%20the%20interview%20was%20scheduled%20to%20begin%2C%20an%20aide%20approached%20Amanpour%20and%20told%20her%20that%20Raisi%20was%20%u201Csuggesting%20%5Bshe%5D%20wear%20a%20headscarf%2C%20because%20it%u2019s%20the%20holy%20months%20of%20Muharram%20and%20Safar%u201D%2C%20she%20wrote.%0A%0AAmanpour%20said%20she%20declined%20the%20request%2C%20explaining%20that%20%u201Cwe%20are%20in%20New%20York%2C%20where%20there%20is%20no%20law%20or%20tradition%20regarding%20headscarves%u201D.%20She%20added%20that%20no%20other%20Iranian%20president%20has%20required%20that%20she%20wear%20a%20headscarf%20when%20she%20interviewed%20them%20outside%20Iran.