Iranian actress apologizes for kissing Cannes Film Festival director

Iranian actress Leila Hatami Friday apologised for kissing the Cannes film festival’s president on the cheek, rawstory.com reported, citing the state news agency IRNA.

“I am so sorry for hurting the feelings of some people,” she wrote in a letter to Iran’s cinema organisation, cited by IRNA.

She underlined her respect for Islamic rules of behaviour in public, but festival president Gilles Jacob, 83, “had forgotten the aforementioned rules, which comes with old age.

“My pre-emptive action of hand shaking was fruitless,” Hatami wrote, explaining the kiss.


“Although I am embarrassed to give these explanations, I had no choice but to go into details for those who could not understand the inevitable situation that i was stuck in,” she said.