vaja.ir, site of the MOIS

[Aaron]

They have a website.

At first glance it's not particularly interesting.

http://vaja.ir

AP claims it is a new site, but the domain has been in existence since 2008. A walk through cached whois records is not entirely without interest.

First record

Domain:	vaja.ir
Cache Date:	2008-04-12
Server:	whois.nic.ir
domain:		vaja.ir
remarks:	(Domain Holder) Ministry of Intelligence, Islamic Republic of Iran
remarks:	(Domain Holder Address) Khajeh Abdollah Ansari St.,Ghaffari Ave., Tehran, IR, 1676534570
admin-c:	da56-irnic
tech-c:		da56-irnic
zone-c:		da56-irnic
nserver:	ns3.datanet.ir
nserver:	ns2.datanet.ir
source:		IRNIC # Filtered
person:		DataNet
remarks:	---
address:	---
e-mail:		info@datanet.ir
phone:		+98-21-22037117
fax-no:
nic-hdl:	da56-irnic
source:		IRNIC # Filtered

The following record from 2009 shows that the domain was held for a time in the name of Hamid Kamali (kamali_hamid_ir@yahoo.com).

Domain:	vaja.ir
Cache Date:	2009-12-17
Server:	whois.nic.ir
domain:		vaja.ir
remarks:	(Domain Holder) hamid kamali
remarks:	(Domain Holder Address) new city paradic - faze 1 - meydane edalat - N-Farvardin-M-paygahe enghelab -b2, pardis, tehran, IR
holder-c:	hk340-irnic
admin-c:	hk340-irnic
tech-c:		hk340-irnic
nserver:	---
last-updated:	---
source:		IRNIC # Filtered
person:		hamid kamali
nic-hdl:	hk340-irnic
e-mail:		kamali_hamid_ir@yahoo.com
address:	new city paradic - faze 1 - meydane edalat - N-Farvardin-M-paygahe enghelab -b2, pardis, tehran, IR
phone:		00982176275932
source:		IRNIC # Filtered

This record from 2010 has the domain being held in the name of the Basij. Also note the nameservers provided by londonwebsol.com and the element of the Basij, Markaz Afarineshhaye Basij, has the domain name of afarinesh.ir.

Domain:	vaja.ir
Cache Date:	2010-02-09
Registrar:
Server:	whois.nic.ir
domain:		vaja.ir
remarks:	(Domain Holder) markaz afarineshhaye basij
remarks:	(Domain Holder Address) tehran-kh taleghani-kh shahid moosavi- poshte lane jasoosi- markaz afarineshhaye farhangi honari basij, tehran, iran, IR
holder-c:	ma2106-irnic
admin-c:	ma2106-irnic
tech-c:		ma2106-irnic
bill-c:		ra51-irnic
nserver:	ns1.londonwebsol.com
nserver:	ns2.londonwebsol.com
last-updated:	2010-01-12
source:		IRNIC # Filtered
person:		markaz afarineshhaye basij
nic-hdl:	ma2106-irnic
e-mail:		info@afarinesh.ir
address:	tehran-kh taleghani-kh shahid moosavi- poshte lane jasoosi- markaz afarineshhaye farhangi honari basij, tehran, iran, IR
phone:		+98 21 88315866
fax-no:		+98 21 88315865
source:		IRNIC # Filtered
person:		Rahborde Danesh va Karbordhaye Moasser Rayane (Radcom)
nic-hdl:	ra51-irnic
e-mail:		domain@radcom.co.ir
source:		IRNIC # Filtered

Sometime between January and March of 2011, vaja.ir was transferred from the Basij to Morteza Ghorbany (morteza.ghorbany@gmail.com), who held it until late June 2011.

Domain:	vaja.ir
Cache Date:	2011-03-12
Server:	whois.nic.ir
domain:		vaja.ir
ascii:		vaja.ir
remarks:	(Domain Holder) Morteza Ghorbany
remarks:	(Domain Holder Address) TohidShahr-Molavi St.-Molavai10, Sabzevar, Khorasan Razavi, IR
holder-c:	mg911-irnic
admin-c:	mm61-irnic
tech-c:		mm61-irnic
nserver:	mordad1.irandns.com
nserver:	mordad2.irandns.com
last-updated:	2011-03-12
source:		IRNIC # Filtered
nic-hdl:	mg911-irnic
person:		Morteza Ghorbany
e-mail:		morteza.ghorbany@gmail.com
address:	TohidShahr-Molavi St.-Molavai10, Sabzevar, Khorasan Razavi, IR
phone:		+98 571 441 2909
source:		IRNIC # Filtered
nic-hdl:	mm61-irnic
person:		Mahdi Mohammadi
e-mail:		greenweb.domains@gmail.com
address:	Sajjad Blvd, Bella Business Center, 4th floor, Green Computers, Mashhad, Khorasan Razavi, IR
phone:		+98 511 7638020
fax-no:		+98 511 7638030
source:		IRNIC # Filtered

Since the end of June 2011 the domain has been back in the name of the MOIS

Domain:	vaja.ir
Cache Date:	2012-10-11
Server:	whois.nic.ir
domain:		vaja.ir
ascii:		vaja.ir
remarks:	(Domain Holder) ministry of intelligence
remarks:	(Domain Holder Address) , tehran, tehran, IR
holder-c:	mi257-irnic
admin-c:	mi257-irnic
tech-c:		mi257-irnic
nserver:	ns1.vaja.ir
last-updated:	2012-03-17
expire-date:	2017-03-11
source:		IRNIC # Filtered
nic-hdl:	mi257-irnic
org:		ministry of intelligence
person:		---
e-mail:		vaja@iran.ir
address:	, tehran, tehran, IR
phone:		+98 21 113
source:		IRNIC # Filtered