Abstract: Disclosed is an iris identification system and method, and storage media having program thereof. The iris identification system comprising a characteristic vector database (DB) for pre-storing characteristic vectors to identify persons; an iris image extractor for extracting an iris image in the eye image inputted from the outside; a characteristic vector extractor for multi-dividing the iris image extracted by the iris image extractor, obtaining a iris characteristic region from the multi-divided each iris image, and extracting a characteristic vector from the iris characteristic region by a statistical method; and a recognizer for comparing the characteristic vector DB thereby identifying a person.