Britain closes Iran charity

London - Britain's charities watchdog announced it had closed down an Iranian charity called Iran Aid after investigating allegations…

London - Britain's charities watchdog announced it had closed down an Iranian charity called Iran Aid after investigating allegations that it was linked to an armed group which opposes the Iranian government.

"After two years' investigation Iran Aid has failed to give us verifiable evidence that money donated by the British public was actually spent on charitable work in Iran," the director of operations at the Charity Commission, Mr Simon Gillespie, said.

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