Iranian actress Hatami sorry for kiss

TEHRAN: Iranian actress Leila Hatami Friday apologized for kissing the Cannes film festival’s president on the cheek, an act which angered authorities in Iran, state news agency IRNA reported.
“I am so sorry for hurting the feelings of some people,” she wrote in a letter to Iran’s cinema organization, cited by IRNA.
She underlined her respect for Islamic rules of behavior 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.
“In my eyes, he is certainly like an old grandfather who was also my host.”