Iran Air, the national airline of Iran (known as "Homa" in Iran), has activated a new website domain in response to tightening U.S. sanctions. According to the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA), the domain change to www.iranair.ir comes after its previous domain, iranair.com, was blocked. Iran Air has faced sanctions from the European Union and the United States for years, with Washington recently imposing a broad range of sanctions aimed at crippling Iran's aviation industry and its wider operational chain. IRNA did not specify when Iran Air's old domain was blocked.