E/CN.4/1991/56 page 100 under my mandate as Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights on religious intolerance. Although announced, this communication has not reached me to date. I would therefore appreciate receiving a reply to the above-mentioned questions in order to be able to include it in my next annual report." 69. In a communication of 8 October 1990 addressed to the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the following information was transmitted by the Special Rapporteur: "The Special Rapporteur has received a number of allegations pertaining to the situation of Christians and Baha'is in Iran. The information has been summarized as follows: Situation of the Iranian Bible Society: It has been alleged that the Iranian Bible Society, based in Teheran, which operated legally and openly for ten years, had been closed at the beginning of 1990. The Society's files are reported to have been confiscated and its staff locked out of the premises. Its Executive Secretary, Mr. Sadegh Sepehri, is said to have been subjected to repeated harassment as a result of which he has left the country. His wife and son who remained in the country are reported to be subjected to harassment which has led Mrs. Sepehri to lose her faculty of speech. Situation of Iranian citizens of Armenian ethnic origin and Christian faith: It is alleged that as of 1980-1981, religious education was abolished in most Armenian schools. In those schools where religion was still taught, the number of hours had been reduced from 12 to 2 per week. It is also alleged that all Christian Armenian principals of schools were removed by a governmental decree and replaced by principals who were proven faithful Muslims. Starting with the academic year 1983-1984, religious education was reportedly prohibited in all Armenian schools without exception. During the second semester, new books in Persian prepared by Muslim theologians in the Ministry of Education were reportedly introduced in all Armenian schools. It is alleged that those students who handed in a blank paper in protest at the final exam in religion received a zero on their scholastic report cards* Starting with the academic year 1985-1986, it is alleged that parents were forced to sign papers promising not to allow their daughters to attend school without an Islamic veil, despite the fact that Armenian girls of Christian faith attended school wearing scarves covering their hair and neck. The Prelacy and Church protested, but it is reported that the girls had to give in and start wearing veils coming down to their waist. It is reported further that the Aram Manoukian Armenian School was forcibly taken from the Armenian community and transformed into a Muslim school. It is alleged that in April 1990, Pasdars (Guardians of the Revolution) entered the Sipan Cultural and Athletic Club in east Teheran, closed it down