Iran state TV apologises for airing kiss: Media

Iranian state television has issued an apology after broadcasting images of a couple sharing a brief kiss, local media said Friday.

All displays of physical contact between men and women is forbidden on the Islamic republic’s official TV networks.

In a Thursday broadcast, the Nasim entertainment channel showed a young couple kissing for a few seconds at a park, as they were passing in front of a hidden camera recording a prank show.

In a statement published by the ISNA news agency on Friday, Nasim apologised for an “error that resulted from the negligence of the production team”.