Exhibit 99.(j)

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Post-Effective Amendment No. 30 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A (“Registration Statement”) of our report, dated October 18, 2005, relating to the financial statements and financial highlights which appear in the August 31, 2005 Annual Report to Shareholders of the iShares MSCI Austria Index Fund, iShares MSCI Belgium Index Fund, iShares MSCI EMU Index Fund, iShares MSCI France Index Fund, iShares MSCI Germany Index Fund, iShares MSCI Italy Index Fund, iShares MSCI Netherlands Index Fund, iShares MSCI Spain Index Fund, iShares MSCI Sweden Index Fund, iShares MSCI Switzerland Index Fund, iShares MSCI United Kingdom Index Fund, iShares MSCI Japan Index Fund, iShares MSCI Australia Index Fund, iShares MSCI Brazil Index Fund, iShares MSCI Canada Index Fund, iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index Fund, iShares MSCI Hong Kong Index Fund, iShares MSCI Malaysia Index Fund, iShares MSCI Mexico Index Fund, iShares MSCI Pacific ex-Japan Index Fund, iShares MSCI Singapore Index Fund, iShares MSCI South Africa Index Fund, iShares MSCI South Korea Index Fund, and iShares MSCI Taiwan Index Fund which is also incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement. We also consent to the references to us under the headings “Financial Highlights”, “Financial Statements” and “Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm” in such Registration Statement.

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

San Francisco, California

November 28, 2005