Baha'is denied Education in Iran - evidence from the horse's mouth

Had a look around that website Pat linked us to in another thread.
Found a story about this, which someone was disputing ever happened
somewhere else on this newsgroup.

http://www.iranpresswatch.org/2009/01/interview-with-an-iranian-bahai-student/

What made you come to study in Durham (UK)?
I am not able to study in Iran – my home country — because I am a
Bahá’í. Even though I was always top of my class, I have been banned
by the government from entering university or any further education.
It’s not just I who have been banned – no young Baha’is, even though
many of them are top students in their own fields, are allowed to
enter university. Even those who used to be students have been
expelled.

Did you try to enrol in university in Iran?
Yes, many times, in many different universities. I wrote letters to
the President, of which I have copies, to the Minister of Education,
and to the agencies responsible for educational provision. I asked
them why I couldn’t be admitted to university and if they could help
me. I also wrote letters when I was expelled from my last year of high
school. I either had no response, or I was sent an apologetic reply,
indicating that the information I provided upon application was
insufficient and therefore the admissions process could not proceed. I
applied for three or four years in a row. I kept applying, and the
form is expensive – around 5000 tumans – but they kept rejecting me.
Our forms were considered to be “incomplete” because we didn’t
indicate our religion. The Bahá’í Faith was not even an option. My
husband took the entrance exam and passed, but he was refused entry
into university.

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So, it seems like the denial of a Baha'is right to education in Iran
is STILL going on, and is not something that only happened for a brief
period in 1979, or came to an end some time after my friend studied in
England in the 1990s.

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