# Iran Aid closed down by Charity Commission

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2000/09/14/iran-aid-closed-down-charity-commission/
- Published: 2000-09-14T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

The Charity Commission has closed down the charity Iran Aid stating that it had“
failed to give [them] verifiable evidence that money donated by the British public
was actually spent on charitable work in Iran.”

Read [Britain Closes Iran Charity After Complaints](http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20000915/wl/britain_iran_dc_1.html)
at Yahoo.com, and view the Charity Commission’s draft scheme for the administration
of Iran Aid.

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