Sorry for the intruding, but country domains can have different rules. The brazilian (.BR) top-level domain (my country) for example follows what you said (it is necessary to be affiliated to Brazil as a person or as a company) but Iran doesn't seem to have this kind of rule, which can be checked on their registrar website: https://secure.iranic.com/en/policies.cfm#Who_May_Apply Quoted from the link above: So there IS a possibility that the topic author may not be related to Iran. Either way, I'm not sure you guys can host a iranian domain regardless of who is its owner, since I'm not familiar with US laws. Thanks a lot :)