My life story, Part 30 When we started studying in the university, we were six girls, six boys and two ladies form Amiralam hospital. When we came back to the university after the cultural reform, one of the boys from Mashahr was absent and we had no idea why. A couple of boys were captured during the cultural revolution. Another boy’s name was called by the principal and he was expelled. We were horrified and we could see the fear in everyone’s eyes. Me and one of my friends, held our hands tightly. Finally, the principal finished reading his list and fortunately none of girls’ names was on the list. We were very sad that many of our guy classmates were expelled, but we had no choice but to go on. In the 80’s, regimen succeeded to suppress the opposition which had important roles in the victory of the revolution against Shah in the first place. Most of them were sentenced to long times of imprisonment or execution. The opposition started to terrorize important political figures of the regimen. Iran-Iraq war was an excellent excuse for this suppression. Our field was newly established and most of our professors were from foreign countries, mostly India. With the beginning of war and cultural reform, almost all of them fled the country. Absence of professors, inaccurate translations of the textbooks, the war and political situation of the country caused illiteracy to rule the universities. As I mentioned before, Majid was an air force officer. After re-opening of the universities, I was looking for Majid’s cousin which was a classmate of mine. Finally, after I found him, I asked him about Majid. He hesitated for a while and informed me that Majid was mortared in an airstrike to Basra. I was heartbroken since I would never see him again and hate and anger from who had started the war was eating me up. I was crying my eyes out because of my loss…