Iranian model who wore noose dress at Cannes says she wanted to highlight "wrongful executions" in her country
CBSN
The Iranian model Mahlagha Jaberi said she wore a dress with a noose-like design on the red carpet at the 76th Cannes Film Festival on Friday because she wanted to call attention to "wrongful executions" in her home country.
The 33-year-old said in an Instagram post that she wore the controversial dress to raise awareness about executions carried out by Iran's government. The back of Jaberi's dress – designed by fashion designer Jila Saber – also featured the text "Stop Executions," though security stopped her from displaying it, according to Jaberi.
"We wanted to make a fashion statement to observe the glamour of Cannes, but more importantly, to bring media attention to the wrongful executions of Iranian people," she wrote on Monday. "Unfortunately, political statements are not allowed at the film festival and the security stopped me from showing the back of my dress, but the "noose" meaning was well understood."
