MEAC-SIG 2015 Tunis, Tunisia

.IR Domain Names & Internet Governance

Mahdi Taghizadeh

mahdi http://mahdi.ws

First .IR domain name

1994

mahdi http://mahdi.ws

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

.net.ir

.org.ir

.sch.ir .ایران

ccTLDs Under .IR

mahdi http://mahdi.ws

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

mahdi http://mahdi.ws

Number of .ir domain names registered so far

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

mahdi http://mahdi.ws

Sanctions!Say hello to

mahdi http://mahdi.ws

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.

mahdi http://mahdi.ws

Thank you!