Iran Railways Suspends 25 Train Ticket Sellers for Using Unauthorised Bot Software

Seyed Mohsen Tabatabaei, director general for planning and oversight of passenger services at Iran's railways, told Mehr on Monday, October 26, 2026 that 25 licensed train ticket sales centres have had their activity suspended. The centres are travel and tourism agencies, and the railway's tariff and ticket oversight commission suspended them after smart monitoring of sales systems flagged suspicious trading patterns.

He said the violations included using software bots, disrupting fair ticket allocation and ignoring issued instructions. Tabatabaei said automated purchase bots, or any method that takes ticket capacity out of the public's reach, are a red line for the railway and that violators will be dealt with under the regulations.