Amanpour: Farnaz Fassihi, Péter Szijjártó, Dread Scott and Christian Siriano

Amanpour

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🗓️ 7 December 2019

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Farnaz Fassihi, from the New York Times, joins Christiane Amanpour to discuss the recent deadly protests in Iran. A 50 percent rise in oil prices triggered national unrest, and thousands of Iranians have taken to the streets in protest with deadly consequences. She gives her gives her view on the brutal crackdown on demonstrators. Péter Szijjártó, the Hungarian Foreign Minister, talks all things NATO as the summit took place in London this week. He discusses everything from migration, to climate change, to tensions with Ukraine, in a wide-ranging conversation. Artist Dread Scott looks back on his recent recreation of a Louisiana slave revolt from 1811, the German Coast Uprising. He outlines why he thinks so many people wanted to come together to recreate the forgotten rebellion. Our Alison Stewart sits down with designer Christian Siriano to find out more about his rise to the top of the fashion world. Known for his breathtaking visual imagination, and for championing body positivity and diversity on the runway, he talks about why he's not afraid to break the rules.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello everyone. Welcome to Ammonpur. Here's what's coming up.
0:17.0	The true toll of a brutal crackdown is now emerging after Iran's massive gasoline price hike.
0:28.6	I speak to Farnas Fasihi of the New York Times. So for us, creating the conditions and circumstances for people to return is the major issue.
0:40.0	From migration to climate in Europe's self-declared illiberal democracy.
0:45.0	My conversation with Hungary's foreign minister.
0:48.0	Then, America is a society that was founded on slavery and genocide.
0:51.0	That's the essence of what America is and where it comes from.
0:54.0	Artists Dred Scott on how hundreds came together to recreate a forgotten but formative
0:59.9	slave rebellion.
1:01.0	And I think actually were successful because women are
1:04.2	shopping my clothes because we support women. Christian Seriano on how
1:08.0	breaking the rules allowed him to carve his path through the program everyone. I'm Christina Manpur in London. One topic
1:30.6	was conspicuously absent from NATO meetings here this week, Iran.
1:35.0	Well over 200 people have been killed in a brutal crackdown against protesters
1:40.4	according to Amnesty International.
1:42.6	But the Trump administration claims the death toll could be even higher at 1,000.
1:47.8	Yet UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson says Iran didn't even
1:51.0	come up at all during this NATO meeting.
1:54.0	Anti-government protest there began last month initially because of a massive overnight hike
1:59.5	in fuel prices, but they soon gained momentum and they grew. The Iran regime shut down the
2:06.0	internet and responded with extraordinary force, reportedly shooting unarmed
2:11.0	civilians. As the internet gradually comes back online,
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