E/CN.4/1991/56 page 101 and arrested three members of the board and an office clerk. They are said to have been accused of allowing boys and girls without scarves on their heads to be together in the club. The four persons who were detained were reportedly condemned to 74 whippings for violating the Constitution. It is alleged that they were allowed to 'purchase' their whippings by paying 70,000 rials each. It is further reported that for the past five years, Christian Armenian clergymen, including the Archbishop, have been prohibited from entering school compounds while the same does not apply to their Muslim counterparts. It is reported that the Archbishop now has to write his messages to students on the occasion of religious holidays, pending their approval by the Joint Committee for Minority Affairs. Previously, the Archbishop visited schools several times during the academic year. Situation of Iranian citizens of the Baha'i faith? It has been reported that despite certain individual improvements in their situation, members of the Baha'i community continue to be subjected to intolerance based on religion and belief. It is alleged that the termination of persecution of Baha'is is still conditioned on their recanting their faith and they reportedly continue to be referred to as a 'despised sect'. According to the information received, the discrimination against members of the Baha'i community ranges from dismissal from employment, in particular Government employment, invalidation of work permits, discontinuation of salary payment, orders to return salaries received as public employees, discontinuation of payment of pensions, confiscation of ration booklets, confiscation of property, expulsions from the university, refusal of admission to schools and universities, refusal of licences to open shops, to sentencing to imprisonment. The following specific cases and incidents have been reported: Dismissal from Government employment Izzatu'llah Nazari, a retired employee of the Baha'i faith, reportedly received a letter from the National Iranian Oil Company dated 22 February 1990 stating that he has been permanently disqualified from exercising Government functions and from serving in any Government-affiliated organizations because he belongs to the misguided Baha'i sect. Manuchihr Shirvani and Ali-Akbar Nawruziyan had allegedly been sentenced to permanent dismissal from their posts in a letter from the Department of Social Security dated 13 January 1990. It is alleged that by letter of 10 December 1989, Dhabihu'llah Fada'i had been permanently dismissed from his post by the Department of Social Security on the order of the Office of Social Services for the Employees of the Ministry of Labour. It is alleged that in a letter dated 31 October 1989, the Ministry of Agriculture was informed by the National Veterinary Organization that it was not possible to give a permit to Jamshid Farsi because he acknowledged that he was a member of the Baha'i sect, which is considered as an agent of foreign interests and governments.