E/CN.4/1995/91 page 53 counter-revolutionary elements, receiving large sums of money from such groups, relations with a group of officers of the former regime linked to the Savak and homosexuality. Under Iranian law, each charge would be sufficient for the writer to be sentenced to death. According to the information received, Mr. Saïdi Sirjani has been wrongfully accused and has in recent years been violently attacked, in particular in certain Iranian newspapers, because of his writings, which are perceived as being anti-Islamic." On 29 August 1994, the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran transmitted the following information to the Special Rapporteur in reply to the communication of 18 August 1994 mentioned above: "I have the pleasure to provide to you, in reference to your letter dated 18 August 1994, the following information regarding the cases of Christian pastors in the Islamic Republic of Iran which have been received from relevant authorities in Tehran. The judicial authorities of the country after the recent incidents of killing Christian pastors initiated thorough investigation with the assistance of law enforcement personnel in order to trace perpetrators. Consequently a suspect named Mrs. Farahnaz Anami is arrested in Zahedan (Sistan Balouchestan Province) and sent immediately to the court for further investigation. In the later stages of judicial interrogation, Mrs. Anami provides detailed information about the murder of Mr. Michaelian by her and her accomplices. She further disclosed that she was also given the responsibility of finding a suitable place for burying Mr. Dibaj, another Christian pastor who was murdered in another incident elsewhere. Two other persons were also arrested in this regard on the basis of information received from Mrs. Anami on the charge of complicity in the murder of the above-mentioned pastors. The perpetrators furthermore claimed that the assassination of Christian pastors was carried out on the orders of the Iraqi-based Mojahedin Khalq Organization (MKO) to which they affiliate and the plan included other religious figures. Investigation still continues to find other accomplices and the persons involved in the murder of Mr. Dibaj and Hospian Mehr. It is to be noted that the reply in regard to other cases referred to in your letter would be sent in due course." Iraq In an urgent appeal dated 3 August 1994, the Special Rapporteur transmitted the following observations to the Government of Iraq: "According to information received by the Special Rapporteur, on 21 July 1994, Hujjat al-Islam Sayyed Mohamed Taghi al Khoei, the son of the late Grand Ayatollah al Khoei and the General Secretary of the