For the record, this is exactly what happened to us

IRAN'S Interior Minister Ali Kordan has admitted to holding a fake Oxford University degree which he thought was valid, coming clean after weeks of controversy, a newspaper reported today.

"In a letter to the president on Saturday, Ali Kordan said he had pressed charges against the person who claimed to represent Oxford University in Tehran as soon as he realised his degree was fake," the government daily Iran said.

Thanks to Frank, who recognised the similarity in our cases. If anyone has any information about the whereabouts of this con man in Tehran, please contact this blog. We too want our money back.