A bit of credibility in Iran - interior minister faked Degree
PWNED!
From
ynetnews:
Iranian minister's Oxford degree 'a fake'
British university denies claim it bestowed honorary doctorate on Tehran interior minister, who, in turn, displays forged degree certificate riddled with errors as 'proof'
Iran's new interior minister has raised an uproar among lawmakers and Iranian media over an apparently fake claim that he holds an honorary doctorate from Britain's Oxford University. To back his case, he's shown off a degree certificate riddled with spelling and grammar mistakes.
Oxford issued a statement Wednesday denying it ever awarded Ali Kordan an honorary doctorate of law, as he claimed to parliament before it approved his appointment to the post earlier this month.
Some of the errors:
But in the certificate, "entitled" is misspelled "intitled," and it says Kordan was granted the degree "to be benefitted from its scientific privileges."
The clumsily worded document says Kordan "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" - leaving out spaces after all but one of the commas. It was published in several Iranian papers this week.
Harrumph -- this wonderful person is just being framed by the Joooooooosss...
Nice to see that it's not just people in the US that fall for this kind of thing. How about instituting mandatory background checks during the hiring process?
Posted by DaveH at August 13, 2008 9:04 PM