Introduced | 1997 |
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TLD type | Country code top-level domain |
Status | Active |
Registry | Communications and Media Commission |
Sponsor | Iraqi Communications and Media Commission |
Intended use | Entities connected with ![]() |
Actual use | Limited, mostly Iraqi government and educational institutions. |
Registration restrictions | No online registrations are known to be presently taking place |
Structure | Mostly third-level domains under .com.iq .gov.iq .edu.iq; a few second-level domains exist. |
Documents | IANA redelegation report |
Dispute policies | None |
Website | Communications and Media Commission |
.iq is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Iraq.
This domain was in limbo for years[clarification needed], as the delegated manager was imprisoned in Texas on charges of alleged connection to Hamas[1] (a State Dept designated terrorist organization), for which he was later convicted in 2005.[2] Some talk of redelegation and relaunching began taking place at the time of the 2003 invasion of Iraq, and in 2005 a redelegation to the National Communications and Media Commission of Iraq was approved by ICANN.[3]
Registrations are within these categories:
- .iq: General
- gov.iq: Governmental entities
- edu.iq: Educational Institutions
- com.iq: Commercial entities
- mil.iq: Military Institutions
- org.iq: Non-profit organizations
- net.iq: Network Service Providers
References
- ^ Iraq, its domain and the ‘terrorist-funding’ owner
- ^ Brothers Found Guilty of Funding Hamas
- ^ IANA Report on Redelegation of the .IQ Top-Level Domain
External links
- .iq subdomain registration page
- IANA .iq whois information
- News article on upcoming relaunch
- Currently-active .iq sites (Google search)