Entertainment Software Rating Association

Not to be confused with Entertainment Software Rating Board.

The Entertainment Software Rating Association (ESRA; Persian: نظام ارزیابی و رده‌بندی سنی بازی‌های رایانه‌ای)^[2] is a self-regulatory organization that assigns age and content ratings in Iran.^[3][4][5] The system was established in 2007 by the Iran National Foundation of Computer Games^[6] and has the status of a research project.^[7][8][9]

Entertainment Software Rating Association (ESRA)

Company type	Self-regulatory
Industry	Organization and rating system
Founded	2007
Headquarters	Tehran, Iran
Area served	Iran
Key people	Manager of the age classification of captives Hassan Maddahi[1] Computer and console department: Mansour Nematollahi - Mohammad Amin Nematollahi - Mohammad Sadeq Shariati - Nabat Shafaei Mobile section: Hamidreza Khalili, Abolfazl Qadimabadi, Amirhossein Vaghti Che Bazi Section: Somayeh Sarkhosh
Website	esraa.ir

Old Former logo

New Former logo

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.^{[citation needed]}

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.