Iran's President Ditched An Interview After The Reporter Refused To Wear A Headscarf As Protests Over An Iranian Woman's Death In Police Custody Grow

Anger over the death of an Iranian woman who was detained by the morality police has morphed into widespread dissent against Iran's hard-line Islamist regime. Clashes between protesters and Iranian security forces grow more heated each day. Women cut their hair and remove their hijabs in public, defying the country's strict dress code.

On Wednesday, President Ebrahim Raisi was due to face questions about the deadly protests in a sit-down with CNN anchor Christiane Amanpour. But he abandoned the interview, Amanpour said, after she declined to wear a headscarf.

Raisi,...