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287:] scientific privileges"; "entitled" was spelt "intitle", and spaces were left out after commas. Responding to an inquiry by Alef news agency, on 11 August 2008, Oxford University denied it had awarded Kordan an honorary doctorate of law or any other degree. Four days later, the university published an official statement on its website that they had no record of Kordan having received any degree, honorary or otherwise.
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university did not confirm (the degree) when my representative went there". Kordan said his search for this fraudulent Oxford intermediary had proven fruitless but that he had filed a complaint against the person, whom he did not name, on 14 September. Kordan also accused the media of a smear campaign by portraying him as a "terrorist".
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reported that the Tehran prosecutor's office announced that investigating Alef news website had been "banned based on complaints by legal entities". It was reported that Alef had been blocked by the
Iranian "authorities". As of 27 August 2008, the ministry of science, research and technology denied
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nominated Kordan as the interior minister in a cabinet reshuffle. He was confirmed by the
Parliament by 169 votes to 100 in August 2008. However, during his confirmation debate in the parliament, questions arose among MPs and in the media over his qualifications and over a doctorate he claimed to
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President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Kordan admitted that the degree was fake, explaining that he had been deceived by a "person who claimed to represent Oxford University in Tehran". After holding the degree for eight years, he was astonished to learn that "the
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interior minister Ali Kordan for lying about his credentials and presenting a fake degree from Oxford
University. Out of 247 MPs present, 188 voted to impeach Kordan, with 14 lawmakers against the motion and 45 abstentions.
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It noted that none of the professors whose alleged signatures were on the certificate were working in the field of law, and none of them would sign degree certificates. As a result, chairman of
Iranian parliament
271:"has shown a great effort in preparing educational materials and his research in the domain of comparative law, that has opened a new chapter, not only in our university, but, to our knowledge, in this country".
214:(IRIB) for provincial and parliamentary affairs, deputy head of IRIB for administrative and financial affairs, and deputy minister for culture and Islamic guidance for administrative and financial affairs.
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The documents referred to in this article can be viewed on :
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358:"Ali Kordan, Iranian Official Fired Over Fake Degree, Dies at 51"
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Robert Tait, "Iranian minister flaunts bogus Oxford degree",
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Kordan was a former revolutionary guard and a veteran of the
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but the word "intitle" is an obsolete spelling of "entitle".
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Kordan was granted the degree "to be benefitted [
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announcing any statement on Kordan's doctorate degree.
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Cultural Heritage, Handcrafts and Tourism Organization
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814:(in Persian). Radio Zamaneh. 8 August 2008.
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693:"Iranian minister's Oxford degree a fake"
2393:Vice President for Parliamentary Affairs
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1437:Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance
1387:Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance
512:"Iran parliament approves new reshuffle"
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1997:Minister of Roads and Urban Development
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2695:People who fabricated academic degrees
632:from the original on 17 September 2008
2227:Environmental Protection Organization
1362:Minister of Labour and Social Affairs
848:from the original on 4 September 2008
486:"The Politics of Iranian Natural Gas"
212:Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting
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1934:Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports
1753:Minister of Roads and Transportation
1978:Minister of Industries and Business
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557:from the original on 17 August 2008
2580:Vice President for Foreign Affairs
356:Fathi, Nazila (22 November 2009),
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2307:Supervision and Strategic Affairs
1325:Minister of Communications and IT
658:. 4 November 2008. Archived from
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43:Minister of the Interior of Iran
2340:Physical Education Organization
518:. 5 August 2008. Archived from
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225:have received. Kordan replaced
416:Black, Ian (4 November 2008).
19:For the villages in Iran, see
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2241:Mohammad-Javad Mohammadizadeh
620:"Majlis Confirms 3 Ministers"
2680:Deaths from multiple myeloma
1606:Gholamhossein Mohseni-Ezhe'i
2514:National Youth Organization
1732:Mahmoud Ahmadinejad* (2011)
1611:Mahmoud Ahmadinejad* (2009)
1266:Minister of Foreign Affairs
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2665:Interior ministers of Iran
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2481:National Elites Foundation
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2140:Vice President and Head of
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259:Kordan claimed to have an
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135:Cause of death
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2124:Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei
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2047:Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei
1664:Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar
1550:Marzieh Vahid-Dastjerdi
1420:Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar
1308:Mohammad-Reza Eskandari
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782:"Statement: Ali Kordan"
2670:Vice ministers of Iran
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1351:Mohammad-Hassan Nami
995:The blocking of the
583:. AFP. 6 August 2008
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265:University of Oxford
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162:Revolutionary Guards
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1581:Ali Akbar Mehrabian
1457:Shamseddin Hosseini
1244:Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
550:The Daily Telegraph
64:Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
2685:Iranian fraudsters
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1961:Reza Sheykholeslam
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844:. 11 August 2008.
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553:. 13 August 2008.
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445:. 27 November 2009
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