.IR Joins as Newest Member of the ccNSO

Date
07 October 2011

The Council of the country code Names Supporting Organisation (ccNSO) today approved the Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences, the ccTLD operator of .ir (Iran), as a new ccNSO member.

The ccNSO, which is ICANN's policy development body for ccTLD issues, now numbers 120 members, all of them country code Top Level Domain operators from around the world. ccNSO membership has grown rapidly during recent years. Since the beginning of 2011, ten new members have been approved.

The ccNSO warmly welcomes .ir to its membership and looks forward to a fruitful collaboration.