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ICANN Approves .IRAN (in Non-Latin)

Posted by timothy on from the but-shouldn't-we-all-be-able-to-read-it dept.

penciling_in writes "CircleID reports that the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has announced its approval of non-Latin string evaluation of 'Iran.' This approval will allow the availability of Iran's top-level domain in its own native language, Persian, also known as Farsi (that is, the domain name .IRAN, in non-Latin characters). According to ICANN, there are currently 33 requests for Internationalized Domain Names (IDN) country code Top-Level Domains (ccTLDs), representing 22 languages, out of which 18 countries/territories have so far been approved."

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  1. Dont do it by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Are you serious? This is the exact thing what we are fighting against and now we give terrorists their own ccTLD that allows them to hide behind weird non-latin characters?

    Someone has to do something.

  2. Re:Show me the TLD by MachDelta · · Score: 5, Funny

    Here you go: .????

  3. Re:Show me the TLD by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

    It's here:

    http://icann.org/en/topics/idn/fast-track/string-evaluation-completion-i-en.htm#ir

    No image, though. You will need a browser that supports the characters.

  4. The ccTLDs in question by Looce · · Score: 4, Informative

    Iran, Islamic Republic of. ccTLDs: xn--mgba3a4f16a, xn--mgba3a4fra.

    The Unicode whitelist on Slashdot is preventing us from having the Farsi reading, so see here.

  5. What injustice! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I demand .AMERICA as a TLD.

    You can't see it in Slashdot, but it's in 72 point font, bold and blinking.

    Because America is that cool.

  6. Comment removed by account_deleted · · Score: 5, Funny

    Comment removed based on user account deletion

  7. Re:So? by Jah-Wren+Ryel · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Why in the world would you assume that the article has anything to do with the geopolitical situation?

    Maybe because even the freakin summary said that 18 other IDN's have already been approved.
    If it weren't for the geopolitical situation, what makes the 18th approval worthy of note?

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  8. ICANN: Tower of Babel for the modern day? by mykos · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I am all for giving people resources in their own language as a stop-gap measure, but in the big picture, it would be nice if we didn't re-segregate the world by language?

    1. Re:ICANN: Tower of Babel for the modern day? by mysidia · · Score: 5, Insightful

      You have a problem with making Persian the one language used by the whole world?

    2. Re:ICANN: Tower of Babel for the modern day? by rockNme2349 · · Score: 3, Funny

      I mean, I don't want to be pompous and promote my own language, but it seems obvious if you look around and see what people are speaking everywhere. The world would be better off if everyone just learned French.

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