.ir

.ir

Introduced	1994
TLD type	Country code top-level domain
Status	Active
Registry	Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences
Sponsor	None
Intended use	Entities connected with  Iran
Actual use	Popular in Iran
Registration restrictions	Generally open for Iranians and non-Iranians; 3rd-level registrations under subdomains have varied restrictions and are restricted to Iranian-related entities
Structure	May register at second level or at third level beneath generic-category 2nd level domains
Dispute policies	IRNIC Dispute Resolution Policy
Website	nic.ir

.ir is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Iran. It is managed by the Institute for Studies in Theoretical Physics and Mathematics.

Second-level domains

• .ir – public
• .ac.ir – academic (tertiary education and research establishments) and learned societies.
• .co.ir – commercial/companies
• .gov.ir – government (Islamic Republic of Iran)
• .id.ir – personal, everyone has a National Number from Islamic Republic of Iran
• .net.ir – ISPs and network companies approved by IRTCT
• .org.ir – non-profit organisations
• .sch.ir – schools, primary and secondary education

Testbeds

• .dnssec.ir - limited term testbed for DNSSEC support

References

External links

• IANA .ir whois information
• (Persian) IRNIC, Dot-IR (.ir) ccTLD Registry
• (Persian) List of Resellers of IRNIC