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Age and content rating system in Iran Not to be confused with Entertainment Software Rating Board.

Entertainment Software Rating Association (ESRA)
Company typeSelf-regulatory
IndustryOrganization and rating system
Founded2007
HeadquartersTehran, Iran
Area servedIran
Key peopleManager of the age classification of captives Hassan Maddahi

Computer and console department: Mansour Nematollahi - Mohammad Amin Nematollahi - Mohammad Sadeq Shariati - Nabat Shafaei

Mobile section: Hamidreza Khalili, Abolfazl Qadimabadi, Amirhossein Vaghti
Websiteesraa.ir
Former logo

The Entertainment Software Rating Association (ESRA; Persian: نظام ارزیابی و رده‌بندی سنی بازی‌های رایانه‌ای) is a self-regulatory organization that assigns age and content ratings in Iran. The system was established in 2007 by the Iran National Foundation of Computer Games and has the status of a research project.

Rating system

Icon Rating
Ages 3 and over
Ages 7 and over
Ages 12 and over
Ages 15 and over
Ages 18 and over

Content icons

These are graded on a scale from 1 to 5.

Content icon Description
Drugs How much a game mentions or uses tobacco, drugs etc.
Difficulty Difficulty of the game. Harder games get a higher score.
Fear How much a game induces fear and paranoia in the player. Among the criteria are limitations of visibility, disturbing ambience, monsters, and sudden events.
Violence Intensity of violence in a game. Among the criteria are repetition and variety of violent scenes, the amount of blood in the game, the use of various firearms, fights, and conflicts.
Profanity Severity of profanity in a game. Among the criteria are the type and rate of repetition of profanity in the game, profane music, and profane behaviour of characters.
Despair Amount of despair in a game. Among the criteria are the absurdity and aimlessness of the story, hopeless events, and tasks that make the player feel guilty.

References

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Video game content rating systems
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  • *Not all of Europe uses the PEGI rating system.
  • **The BBFC still exists as a motion picture rating system. Additionally, it continues to rate video games containing pornographic, or having external video material.


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