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Everyone has been talking about the situation in Iran.

And if you haven't heard, about 10 days ago, a young woman named Masa Amini was arrested

by the morality police for not properly covering her hair and then she died in their custody.

Ever since then, Iranians have been pouring into the streets demanding justice for her

death and freedom for Iran's women.

Now, so far, the government has answered the protesters with brutal violence and has shown

no signs of reconsidering the law that requires women to cover their hair.

In fact, last week, the president of Iran was scheduled to be interviewed by CNN's

Christian Al-Anpoh in New York.

And at the last minute, he demanded that she wear a headscarf for the interview.

Even though the interview was in New York and when she refused, he straight up canceled

the interview and left.

Just left her looking like she was giving therapy to a ghost.

So joining me now to talk about the interview and the situation in Iran is Christian Al-Anpoh.

Christian, welcome to the beginning show.

Let's jump straight into it.

You have interviewed many Iranian presidents.

You have never been in a situation like this before where they demanded of you that you

wear the headscarf not in Iran.

But walk me through the situation and also why you chose to not do what the president of

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