Actress Facing Public Flogging After Kissing Film Festival boss

An Iranian actress has infuriated ultra conservatives in her home country after kissing the president of the Cannes film festival's on the cheek. Leila Hatami's peck has been seen by fanatics as an affront to the 'chastity' of the Islamic republic's women. A photograph carried by Iranian media shows Hatami pecking 83-year-old Gilles Jacob at the opening of this year's festival.