.ir

Introduced	6 April 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
Registry website	nic.ir

.ir is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Iran. It is managed by the Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences.

Second-level domains

• .ir – public^{[citation needed]}
• .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 unique national identity number
• .net.ir – ISPs and network companies approved by IRTCT
• .org.ir – non-profit organisations
• .sch.ir – schools, primary and secondary education

Persian domains

Persian internationalized domain names are available for registration under .ایران.ir for public, in the Persian script.^[1]

In 2010, ICANN approved IRNIC's proposal for the ایران. IDN ccTLD (representing the Persian spelling of Iran), pending the final step of String Delegation^{[clarification needed]}.^[2]

Domain hacks

The URL "ryana.ir" is a redirect to the budget airline website ryanair.com. It is used as a typing shortcut. Some internet users may mistakenly believe that .ir is the ccTLD for the Republic of Ireland, the home country of Ryanair (which is actually .ie).^{[original research?]}

The URL "renmark.ir" is a redirect to the Investor Relations firm Renmark Financial Communications Inc. The .ir in this instance would stand for Investor Relations.

Testbeds

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