why does it say ir iran

It says “IR Iran” because IR is the country prefix for Islamic Republic , so the label expands to Islamic Republic of Iran.

Why it appears

• In sports and international listings, countries are often shown with standardized abbreviations to keep names consistent across languages and scoreboards.

• Iran’s official-style code is commonly presented as IR in some systems, while other sports systems use IRI or IRN depending on the organization.

• So the wording is usually not a political statement by the app or website; it is mostly a naming convention.

Example

A scoreboard might show:

• IR Iran
• IRI
• IRN

All of these are used to refer to Iran in different systems, just with different formatting rules.

Bottom line

If you saw IR Iran , it’s basically shorthand for Islamic Republic of Iran.