Fake oxford degree cost cabinet post for Iranian minister

Ali Larijani, the parliament's speaker, said 188 politicians among the 247 members present voted on Tuesday to impeach Kordan while 45 were against the motion and 14 abstained. ...It is the 10th change in the 21-member strong cabinet of Ahmadinejad, who had described Kordan as a "victim" and insisted he be allowed to remain in the job. Under Iran's Constitution the entire cabinet would have to be submitted to a new vote of confidence if half the ministers change.... Kordan had been under pressure to quit the cabinet post he took up just three months ago after the university denied awarding him any qualification, as he had claimed.smear campaign against him by portraying him as a "terrorist" and "violence-seeking person", naming Israeli radio and unnamed Persian-speaking media based outside Iran...Kordan replaced Mostafa Pour Mohammadi, a critic of Ahmadinejad, in the key post in one of the many cabinet reshuffles since the president took office in 2005.... The interior ministry is charged with maintaining domestic security as well as holding elections, appointing provincial governors and issuing permits for political parties and non-governmental organisations. Kordan served for years as the administrative and financial vice-president of Iran state television when it was headed by Larijani.  He has also served in Iran's oil ministry.