Many expressed concern over the move and warned that the move could have negative consequences.
The head of Iran's Islamic Human Rights Commission, Mohammad Hassan Ziayifar, called the closures a violation of the public's rights.
The Paris-based Reporters Without Borders (RSF) media watchdog has called the closures totally unacceptable.
Dozens of reformist and independent publications have been shut down in Iran in recent years.
(IRNA, ISNA)