During the past Iranian year (ending in March 21, 2008), Iran's
government has shut or suspended the work of some 113 NGOs, 118 of
which had their licenses revoked.‎

The news of the work suspension of 25 NGOs and termination of licenses of 88 others ‎was brought up in a speech presented by an NGO activist and also at the second election ‎session at the Ministry of Interior’s Election Supervision Board to elect representatives of ‎public organizations while the performance record of the first term of the Election ‎Supervisory Board was read out. The latter meeting was held a month ago at the Ministry ‎in the presence of representatives from 82 non governmental organizations.‎

Regarding the reasons for shutting down the work of these many NGOs, this informed ‎source said that some of the organizations had refrained from presenting their annual ‎financial and performance report to the Ministry, while others said that they had been ‎threatened by the ninth Islamic government currently in office.‎