E/CN.4/1989/44 paqe 18 "It has been alleged that members of the Baha'i faith continue to be deprived of their rights under the law, including the right to life. In cases when Baha'is have been killed, the Iranian courts have reportedly issued rulings denying redress or compensation to the families of the dead Baha'is on the grounds that they were 'unprotected infidels'." 43. In a communication of 3 October 1988, the following information was transmitted: "It has been reported that association with the Baha'i faith is considered to be an administrative offence. This allegation has been illustrated by a public notice of the Commission of Investigation of Administrative Offences which appeared on 30 June 1988 in the official newspaper Ettela'at. "It has been alleged that, as of August 1988, some 150 Baha'is remained imprisoned because of their religious beliefs. "It has also been alleged that various discriminatory measures continue to be taken against Baha'is such as the denial of access to primary, secondary and higher education unless they recant their faith; the denial of the right to leave the country, since Baha'is are required to recant their faith in order to obtain passports (out of approximately 2,000 applicants, only some 20 Baha'is are reported to have been exempted from this requirement); the dismissal of Baha'is employed in the public sector and their permanent exclusion from the holding of all public office (as illustrated by the cases of (two names provided)); the denial of food ration coupons (as illustrated by the cases of (two names provided)), and the confiscation of their shops; the denial of membership of Baha'i farmers in co-operatives and the confiscation of farms owned by Baha'is. It has further been reported that pressure has been put on non-Baha'i employers to dismiss their Baha'i employees." iraa 44. In a communication of 21 July 1988 addressed to the Government concerned, the following information was transmitted by the Special Rapporteur: "According to reports, some 80 mosques, Shiah reliqious schools and seminaries have been closed in the course of the past 15 years in various towns including Najaf, Baghdad, Kirkuk, Karbala and reliqious leaders detained, exiled or executed. "A number of Muslim theologians, such as (two names provided), are said to have been among those executed. "It is alleged that 90 members of the (name provided) family, composed of descendants of a former leader of the Shiah community in Iraq have been arrested in 1983 and that some 18 members of that family have been killed.