ir domain names & internet governance

MEAC-SIG 2015 Tunis, Tunisia

.IR Domain Names & Internet Governance

Mahdi Taghizadeh

mahdi http://mahdi.ws

First .IR domain name

.ac.ir .gov.ir .co.ir .id.ir

.net.ir

.org.ir

.sch.ir .ایران

ccTLDs Under .IR

.IR domain names are exclusively registered by NIC.IRRegistration is limited to Iranian citizens

Number of .ir domain names registered so far

643,251Latest statistics available at http://www.nic.ir/Statistics?lang=en

Sanctions!Say hello to

Restrictions on .IR domain names:

• Some host providers refuse to host .IR and ایران. domain names.

• Some services refuse to accept an email on a .IR domain name to signup for a service.

Thank you!

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