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IRNIC

Organization
Type registry
Country
    City Tehran
    Founded 1994
    Websites

    IRNIC is the entity that registers, manages and sells Iranian ccTLDs (.ir) and its IDN ccTLD,[1] it is associated with the country's Institute for Research in Fundamental Science.[2] The organization has been involved in presenting their perspective on ICANN's IDN programs and its general participation in the Middle East.[3]

    The registry was founded in 1994, but there was little activity until 2000. The registry was reorganized in September 2001.[4]

    In December 2003 new liberalized registration rules were instituted and a Dispute Resolution Policy went into effect. Since then the number of registrations has been doubling every year. Presently there are over 95,000 registrations.[4]

    As of 2015, the .ir name is still banned from retail by all organisations based in the USA due to Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctions[5] and is also banned in the UK according to UK-based registrars.[6]

    References

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    1. NIC.ir
    2. Root, IANA.org
    3. Node, Cartagena39.ICANN.org
    4. 4.0 4.1 IPM/IRNIC, CENTR.org. Retrieved 2015 August 10.
    5. Sanctions List Search, SDNSearch.ofac.treas.gov. Retrieved 2015 November 12.
    6. MEAC DNS Study, ICANN.org. Published 2015 October 13. Retrieved 2015 November 6.