TEHRAN – The joint committee of the Majlis has decided to cut off the annual budget of special organizations and institutes, the committee’s spokesman said on Monday.

Ali Asqar Yusofnejad said the committee concluded that the annual budget of non-governmental educational-cultural organizations was “ill-advised”, Mehr reported.

Controversy arose after details of the upcoming Persian year’s budget were published back in December 2017.

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