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The Daily Show: Ears Edition

Christiane Amanpour on Refusing to Wear Headscarf for Iran’s President

The Daily Show: Ears Edition

Comedy Central

Daily News, Comedy, News

4.214.2K Ratings

🗓️ 2 October 2022

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

“In that moment, I was not, as a journalist or as a woman, going to put a headscarf on and somehow bind myself…” CNN’s chief international anchor Christiane Amanpour discusses the recent protests in Iran following the death of a 22-year-old woman who was detained by the morality police for showing her hair, the qualms Iranian women have with the government, and how the people of Iran want a democracy. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

You're listening to Comedy Central.

0:02.7

BAM!

0:04.7

Everyone has been talking about the situation in Iran.

0:08.1

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

0:13.3

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

0:18.9

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

0:22.2

death and freedom for Iran's women.

0:24.8

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

0:28.7

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

0:32.9

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

0:37.6

Christian Al-Anpoh in New York.

0:39.9

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

0:44.1

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

0:48.6

the interview and left.

0:50.4

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

0:54.2

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

1:00.0

Christian, welcome to the beginning show.

1:04.1

Let's jump straight into it.

1:05.5

You have interviewed many Iranian presidents.

1:10.4

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

1:15.0

wear the headscarf not in Iran.

1:18.6

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

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