Iranian actress Leila Hatami, star of Oscar-winning film “A Separation,” is causing a stir in her home country after publicly kissing Cannes president Gilles Jacob.
Under Iran’s strict Islamic regime, unrelated men and women are not allowed to touch or kiss each other in public.
Hizbullah Students, a group of university students linked to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, filed a complaint against the actress this week.
She must be flogged for “kissing a strange man,” they said in the petition.
The kiss, a simple peck on the cheek, took place at the world
premiere of “Grace of Monaco” last Wednesday. It was also the opening
night of the 67th Cannes Film Festival in France.
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