Interior Minister Ali Kordan is under pressure after his law degree from Oxford was found to be fake. Many analysts predict that he will resign. (By Mohammad Abu Ghosh -- Associated Press)Iran Cabinet Minister Facing Impeachment
-- Washington Post
-- Washington Post
TEHRAN, Oct. 26 -- The Iranian parliament is preparing to impeach Interior Minister Ali Kordan next month for "dishonesty" after his supposed Oxford University law degree turned out to be a fake.
The move would push President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad perilously close to having to submit his entire cabinet to a review by parliament, which is led by one of the president's key political opponents.
"The atmosphere of the parliament is very good for impeaching him and, God willing, he will be impeached," parliament member Ali Motahari, a former political ally of Ahmadinejad's, told the Iranian Students News Agency.
Kordan's ministry organizes Iran's presidential elections, the next of which is slated for June. The impeachment vote is set for Nov. 4.
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