Buthaina Shaaban (R) wearing a hijab
The adviser to Syria’s Bashar al-Assad caught the interest of the Iranian media for wearing the traditional Iranian headscarf during a meeting with Iranian foreign minister Mohammad Jawad Zarif in Moscow.
Iran's Al-Alam television reported on its website that during the meeting, “Assad's adviser Buthaina Shaaban appeared wearing a hijab in honor of the Iranian delegation”, according to the website.
The channel headlined the story “Buthaina Shaaban appears in a new suit in Moscow”.
