Iranian official biography fail

Posted By Joshua Keating Thursday, September 10, 2009 - 11:07 AM Share

Newly appointed state prosecutor Hojjatol-Islam Mohseni-Ejei might be one of Iran's worst clerics, but you would think his official biography would at least say nice things about him. But RFE/RL reports that until a few days ago, the official bio on Mohseni-Ejei's Website contained this not-so-flattering passage:

As head of the special court for clergy Gholam Hossein Moseni Ejei bit journalist Issa Saharkhiz during a fight at the weekly meeting of the press advisory council. Saharkhiz‘s complaint against him has not been investigated yet.

Akbar Ganji (eds: a prominent investigative journalist who has published a number of books and articles about the murders of political activists and intellectuals in the late 1980s) implicated him in the serial murders of intellectuals in his books.

It's not clear where the passage comes from or if this was a case of hacking or incompetence. The Bush White House did something similar once, but at least it was for another country's leader.

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