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

    Here you go: .????

  2. 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.

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

    Comment removed based on user account deletion

  4. 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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  5. 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?