Iran minister sacked over fake oxford degree

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The Iranian parliament today sacked the Interior minister on charges of fake degree from oxford.Ali Kordan accepted that the degree he obtained from oxford is fake.

Parliament in Iran has voted to sack Interior Minister Ali Kordan after he admitted a degree he said he obtained from Oxford University was a forgery.

Mr Kordan said he received the doctorate from Oxford University in good faith, but his certificate was revealed to be a crude fake.

Both conservatives and moderates MPs called for his dismissal.

Correspondents say President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad may now have to submit his whole cabinet for a vote of confidence

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