– (i) Islands of the North Atlantic (alternate name for Great Britain, Ireland, the Isle of Man, and related islands) IOT – (s) British Indian Ocean Territory (ISO 3166 trigram) IOT&E – (i) Initial Operational Test and Evaluation IOU – (p) "I Owe You" (Promissory note) IP IP – (s) Clipperton Island (FIPS 10-4 territory code) (i) Initial Point – Intellectual Property – Internet Protocol IPA – (i) India Pale Ale – International Phonetic Alphabet – Isopropyl alcohol IPB – (i) Intelligence Preparation of the Battlefield IPCC – (i) Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Independent Police Complaints Commission ipk – (s) Inupiaq language (ISO 639-2 code) IPL – (i) Inferior Parietal Lobule IPN – (i) Instytut Pamieci Narodowej (Polish, "Institute for National Memory") IPO – (i) Initial public offering IPR – (i) In Progress Review Intellectual Property Rights Intelligence Production Requirement IPT – (i) Integrated Product/Project Team IPTS – (i) Institute for Prospective Technological Studies IPTV – (p) Internet Protocol TeleVision IPW – (i) Interrogation of Prisoners of War IQ iq – (i) idem quod (Latin, "the same as") IQ – (i) Intelligence Quotient (s) Iraq (ISO 3166 digram) IQD – (s) Iraqi dinar (ISO 4217 currency code) IR Ir – (s) Iridium IR (i) Infrared Intelligence requirement (military) (s) Iran (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram) Iran Air (IATA alpha code) see entry for more IRA (i) Individual retirement account (i) Irish Republican Army (any of several armed groups dedicated to Irish republicanism) Internet Research Agency (used in the Mueller report) IRAD – (a) Internal Research and Development IRAN - (I) Inspect and Repair As Necessary IRAS – (p) Infrared Astronomical Satellite IRB – (i) International Rugby Board, a former name of World Rugby IRBM – (i) Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile IRC (i) International Red Cross International reply coupon (i) Internet Relay Chat IREA – (i) Intermountain Rural Electric Association IRL (s) Ireland (ISO 3166 trigram) Industrial Research Limited Indy Racing League, former name of the motorsport governing body now known as INDYCAR (i) In real life IRM (i) Illinois Railway Museum Inzhenernaya Razvedyvatelnaya Mashina (Russian Инженерная Разведывательная Машина, "Engineer Reconnaissance Vehicle") † IRN – (s) Iran (ISO 3166 trigram) IRINN - Islamic Republic of Iran News Network IRO – (i) International Refugee Organisation IRQ – (s) Iraq (ISO 3166 trigram) IRR – (s) Iranian rial (ISO 4217 currency code) IRS – (i) U.S. Internal Revenue Service IRSN