.ira Domain

The .ira string was applied for in ICANN's 2012 New gTLD Program as a three-character namespace — the scarcest class of asset in the program, pursued largely independently of sector because brevity cannot be sourced from any established extension.

The string is unusually loaded for its length: it functions as a US retirement account abbreviation, a given name in several languages, and an acronym with significant political associations, each carrying independent recognition and search demand. Short strings routinely collect meanings this way, and the resulting ambiguity is part of why they attracted competing applications and objections. The extension is not currently active in the DNS root zone and is not available for registration by any party.