Tag Archives: iran

Wed 30th July 2014
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
ICANN tells justice ccTLDs aren’t property, can’t be awarded to plaintiffs - Victims of terrorism want to be paid (in part) with country code top level domain names. ICANN has responded to the U.S. federal court in the District of Columbia, arguing that ccTLDs (country Code top level domain names, e.g. .ca and .de) are not property and can’t be awarded to plaintiffs in a case involving terrorism. Plaintiffs in Jenny Rubin, et al vs. The Islamic Republic of Iran, et al, say they are victims of terrorism from Iran, Syria and North Korea, and ... read more ...
Fri 2nd August 2013
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
Network Solutions shuts down 3 Iranian websites - Registrants are agency of the Iranian government or Specially Designated Nationals. Web.com, parent company of domain name registrar Network Solutions, revealed today that it has shut down three Iranian websites due to the The Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012. In its SEC filing, the company details three organizations that Network Solutions originally sold domain name registrations to from 1999 to 2002, which later renewed their domain names. ... read more ...
Fri 21st December 2012
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Iran: .Gay domain would widespread hatred - Republic of Iran wants to stop .gay top level domain. The government of Iran has filed an early late warning to applicants for the .gay top level domain name. Iran thinks that a .gay top level domain will “spread of hatred and hostility in the society”. And it doesn’t think that’s an ironic statement. It further states: We believe that the right approach in new gTLD program should be based on creation of healthy environment in all the societies. Thus for ... read more ...