Iran's interior minister admitted that the honorary doctorate from Oxford University was a fake
File picture shows Iranian Interior Minister Ali Kordan arriving for Friday prayers at Tehran University on September 19, 2008. Kordan admitted that the honorary doctorate from Oxford University that he presented to parliament was a fake, Fars news agency reported September 30,2008. In a letter to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Kordan confirmed the certificate was a fake but claimed that he was the victim of a swindle by a man who allegedly posed as a representative of the British university in Tehran. (UPI Photo/Mohammad Kheirkhah)
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