[lbo-talk] MP's fake degree stokes anger in Iran

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Tue Nov 11 15:38:34 PST 2008


Tuesday, 4 November 2008

MP's fake degree stokes anger in Iran

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7708431.stm

Jon Leyne BBC News, Tehran

Farce of the fake Oxford degree. It would make a good title for a comedy.But it is in danger of turning to political tragedy for President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

For years, Iran's Interior Minister Ali Kordan has claimed to hold a doctorate from Oxford University and taken increased pay as a result. But in recent months, it emerged that the document was a crude forgery, containing several misspellings. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7708431.stm



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