E/CN.4/1995/91/Add.1 page 38 person is permitted to dwell on Mount Athos. (The same provisions are contained in article 105 of the Constitution and have been repeated since 1925.) ’The monks have dwelt in the Holy Skite and been tonsured there without a permit having been obtained by the Monastery and without following the known procedure regarding habitations’. Similar to it is document No. 55/12, of 25 March 1992, drawn up by the Monastery of the Pantocrator. It is entirely devoted to the two schismatic monks discovered at the time in the sacred skite. In addition to article 5, articles 177 and 178 of the Mount Athos Charter may be cited in this context. Within the monastic community, there were widespread rumours of moral offences committed by the Dikaeos of the sacred skite. The schismatic monk Seraphim was accused of buying off consciences with dollars, selling holy relics and being homosexual. (In other words, there was also a violation of article 184 of the Charter). The above information is contained in the minutes of meetings of the Holy Community. Lastly, the following information was communicated on the nationality of the monks expelled. Two of them, Seraphim Babits and Ioannikios Abernerthy, were recorded in the register of monks (see doc. No. 55/12 of 25 March 1992 issued by the Holy Monastery of Pantocrator attached hereto). Pursuant to article 105, paragraph 1, of the Constitution, they acquired Greek citizenship. The first of them declared that he had lost his identity card. He was probably not in possession of a Greek passport. The second one declared that he had lost his identity card and his Greek passport. The other two schismatic monks were not recorded in their respective monks’ registers, but they had been tonsured by Seraphim, the Schismatic Prior (Dikaeos) of the Skite. According to his statement, the lawful procedure was not observed. The above-mentioned persons were Russians of the diaspora, of American citizenship. More details regarding legal and procedural matters are at the disposal of the Special Rapporteur." IRAN (Islamic Republic of) 15. In a communication dated 8 December 1993, the Special Rapporteur addressed the following comments to the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran: "According to information received by the Special Rapporteur, the situation of religious minorities has continued to worsen during the current year. Such is the case of the Baha’i community and members of various Christian Churches.