INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
broadcaster IRIB has been fired after inadvertently letting a Jackie Chan sex scene slip through its tight censorship rules, local media
reported on Monday.Viewers on Iran's Kish Island were shocked when their local TV station showed martial arts star having sex with a
prostitute in one of his films.That is far beyond usual limits in Iran, where men and women are not even allowed to shake hands on screen
There was a quick response after a viewer posted clip online."Clips of immoral scenes of a film featuring Jackie Chan have been circulating
on social media which was apparently shown by Kish IRIB," semi-official ISNA news agency reported."These scenes which are in total
contradiction with principles of IRIB has ultimately led to dismissal and reprimand of some of employees of IRIB in Kish," it said, adding
this included IRIB's director-general for Kish.There were angry responses from some Iranians pointing out that no one had been fired over a
fatal bus crash that killed 10 students at Tehran's Azad University last week."Buses turn over, planes crash, ships sink, no one is
A few seconds of Jackie Chan making love on IRIB and immediately all staff in that section are sacked," wrote one Twitter user.IRIB TV
presenter Reza Rashidpoor joked on his morning talk show that controversy could have been avoided if IRIB had included a caption saying Chan
was married to actress playing prostitute.He was referring to a programme last week in which IRIB added a caption to say a couple holding
hands on screen were married in real life.(Except for headline, this story has not been edited by TheIndianSubcontinent staff and is
published from a syndicated feed.)
