Leader Calls for Crackdown After Kiss
TEHRAN (Reuters) – Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Sunday called on police to crackdown on immoral behavior in public after a storm of protest over a kiss at a film awards ceremony.
Well-known actress Gohar Kheirandish kissed the forehead of Ali Zamani and shook his hand as he collected the top director’s prize at a ceremony last week in the central city of Yazd.
Kheirandish, who is in her 50s, appeared in court on Thursday to hear charges of immoral behavior and was released on $3,750 bail. Zamani, in his 20s, appeared in court earlier in the week. His bail was set at $2,500.
Lawyers said the pair could face a jail sentence or up to 74 lashes for their actions, but were more likely to be fined.
The pair have apologized for what they said was a spontaneous, maternal gesture by Kheirandish. The young director was a student of her late husband.

Call me ethnocentric- I don’t care. These people are crazy!!!