 In August 2008, Ahmadinejad appointed Ali Kordan as interior minister.Kordan's appointment was heavily criticized by Iranian parliamentarians, media and analysts after it came to light that a doctoral degree purportedly awarded to Kordan was fabricated, and that the putative issuer of the degree, Oxford University, had no record of Kordan receiving any degree from the University.It was also revealed that he had been jailed in 1978 for moral charges.