E/CN.4/1991/56 page 102 By letter dated 25 October 1989, Izzat Ha'i Najafabadi was permanently dismissed from the Ministry of Education and from employment in government institutions and deprived of her retirement pension because she is a Baha'i. It is alleged that by letter dated 30 September 1989, Payduilla'h Ali-Tabar was dismissed from his post in the Ministry of Agriculture. On 12 September 1989, Hushang Gulistani's' dismissal from his post in the Ministry of Health and the suspension of his pension payments were alleged to have been irrevocably confirmed. Invalidation of work permits It is alleged that by letter dated 20 January 1990, Afrasiyab Gubhani was informed by the Central Council of Trades of Sirnnan that as from 21 January 1990 he would have to close his business and return his permit to the Council. It is reported that by letter dated 4 May 1989, Massud Masudi was informed by the Trade Union for Repairs of House Equipment in Gurgan that it was unable to give him a work permit and that he would have to close his business. Suspension of pension or salary payments It is alleged that the Bank of the People on 11 March 1989 ordered the cutting off of the payment of the retirement pension of Bihidukht Tibiyani who reportedly admitted that she belongs to the Baha'i faith. It is reported that by letter of 23 July 1989, the Health Department in Khurasan informed the Ministry of Health that the payment of the salary of Dhabihullah Dhabihi-Muqaddam had been discontinued. It is alleged that by letter of 15 August 1987, Surayya Samimi was sentenced to permanent dismissal from work, the cutting off of her salary and the discontinuation of the payment of her pension by the Tobacco Product Company. Confiscation of ration cards It has been alleged that on 27 September^1989, Ishrat Shahriyari was notified by the Islamic Council on Supervision and Distribution of Goods of the Department of Commerce that her ration card had been confiscated and invalidated because she is a Baha'i. Denial of secondary and university education It is reported that by letter dated 30 August 1989, the Shahidih Mi'raj High School in Tankabun informed Mahmud Mukhta'ri that in accordance with the rules of the Islamic religion, it is exempted from having to accept his son because he is a Baha'i. By letter dated 9 November 1988, Farzanih Khusravi Hamadani was reportedly required to publish three announcements in the leading newspapers announcing her recantation of the Baha'i religion if she wanted the ban on the