



He replied that you should correct the form and change the religion to Islam. Rasti, “You have nothing to do with him, just carry out your duty the university knows what to do with these people.” My brother and I went to the person whom Mr. Rasti had told to register me. Rasti asked him what he should do with us. Before Mr. Mansouri arrived, another person came to him and Mr. Mansouri, to find out what decision he should make about me. After calling one of his colleagues, he asked him to call another person, named Mr. He wrote Baha’i in big letters on my form, set my form aside and asked me to go to his desk. He asked me which informal minority? I said, “Baha’i”. While he was completing my profile form, he asked me what was my religion, and I said I was from an informal religious minority. We encountered a problem when we went to Mr. There was a third person who checked and marked the names of the recipients of the student card in a specific list, to indicate that the student had received his/her card and the process of student registration had been completed. He attached each of the photos to a form, placed the form in an envelope for the relevant college and passed it over to a woman who was sitting next to him, who was responsible for giving the student card. Rasti was sitting and was filling in another form with the student’s details. I should mention that in the initial process, I had already received my student number.īefore we went to the card issuance section, a person named Mr. After receiving the photo and other documents, he handed me a form and said that I should go and get my student card, which was, of course, the last stage of my registration process. In this section, I gave the form-in which the religion was asked-to the relevant administrator, who, after viewing it, did not ask any questions. Of course, according to the previous coordination with the Khademin of Shiraz, we were supposed to leave that part blank.Īfter completing the forms, paying the tuition fees and receiving the Students’ Cooperative card, the exam card and the student insurance card, they sent us to another hall to complete the registration procedure and open a case file. At eight o’clock in the morning of 26 Shahrivar 1386 together with my brother, I went to the Cultural and Welfare Complex of the Shiraz University (Academic Jihad), which was the place of registration.Īt first, we were given various forms to complete, among which was a form that was related to the student’s personal information and had a section for the applicant’s religion. I am Borhan Rasti-Ghalati, accepted in the field of business management at Shiraz University. Tumultuous Account of a Baha’i Student Expelled From Shiraz University
