AI Crawler Index · country
Do websites in Iran (.ir) block AI crawlers?
As of 2026-10-03, 0% of the 35 websites in Iran (.ir) whose robots.txt we could read block GPTBot, 0% block ClaudeBot and 0% block PerplexityBot (all 8,357 sites: 12%, 11%, 8.3%). 4 of them (11.4%) serve an llms.txt (all sites: 15.2%).
0%
block GPTBot (all sites 12%)
0%
block ClaudeBot (all sites 11%)
11.4%
serve an llms.txt (all sites 15.2%)
35
of 39 sites with a readable robots.txt
Block rate by crawler: .ir (Iran) vs all sites
| Crawler | Operator | .ir (Iran) | All sites | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazonbot | Amazon | 0% | 9.2% | -9.2 pp |
| Amzn-SearchBot | Amazon | 0% | 4.1% | -4.1 pp |
| Amzn-User | Amazon | 0% | 3.9% | -3.9 pp |
| Applebot | Apple | 0% | 3.1% | -3.1 pp |
| Applebot-Extended | Apple | 0% | 9.6% | -9.6 pp |
| Bytespider | ByteDance | 0% | 12.3% | -12.3 pp |
| CCBot | Common Crawl | 0% | 12.8% | -12.8 pp |
| ChatGPT-User | OpenAI | 0% | 7.5% | -7.5 pp |
| Claude-SearchBot | Anthropic | 0% | 5.4% | -5.4 pp |
| Claude-User | Anthropic | 0% | 5.5% | -5.5 pp |
| ClaudeBot | Anthropic | 0% | 11% | -11 pp |
| cohere-ai | Cohere | 0% | 9.1% | -9.1 pp |
| DuckAssistBot | DuckDuckGo | 0% | 5.8% | -5.8 pp |
| Google-Agent | 0% | 3.2% | -3.2 pp | |
| Google-CloudVertexBot | 0% | 5.2% | -5.2 pp | |
| Google-Extended | 0% | 9.5% | -9.5 pp | |
| Google-GeminiNotebook | 0% | 3% | -3 pp | |
| GPTBot | OpenAI | 0% | 12% | -12 pp |
| meta-externalads | Meta | 0% | 2.8% | -2.8 pp |
| Meta-ExternalAgent | Meta | 0% | 9.5% | -9.5 pp |
| meta-externalfetcher | Meta | 0% | 6% | -6 pp |
| meta-webindexer | Meta | 0% | 4.6% | -4.6 pp |
| MistralAI-Index | Mistral | 0% | 3.3% | -3.3 pp |
| MistralAI-Training | Mistral | 0% | 3.3% | -3.3 pp |
| MistralAI-User | Mistral | 0% | 5.4% | -5.4 pp |
| OAI-AdsBot | OpenAI | 0% | 3% | -3 pp |
| OAI-SearchBot | OpenAI | 0% | 5.7% | -5.7 pp |
| Perplexity-User | Perplexity | 0% | 5.7% | -5.7 pp |
| PerplexityBot | Perplexity | 0% | 8.3% | -8.3 pp |
Policy mix
| Policy | Sites | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Open | 32 | 82.1% |
| Unreadable | 4 | 10.3% |
| No robots.txt | 3 | 7.7% |
Most restrictive .ir (Iran) sites
No .ir (Iran) site in the index blocks any of the 29 crawlers on its home page.
Sites with an llms.txt (4)
All 39 .ir (Iran) sites
✕ blocked · ◐ partially blocked (some paths) · ✓ allowed · ? robots.txt unreadable. "#" is the position in our popularity-ordered sample.
| # | Site | Policy | GPTBot | OAI-Search | ChatGPT-User | ClaudeBot | Claude-Search | Perplexity | Google-Ext. | CCBot | llms.txt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 582 | divar.ir | Open | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | – |
| 741 | musicdel.ir | Open | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | yes |
| 742 | iau.ir | Unreadable | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | – |
| 974 | easytrader.ir | No robots.txt | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | – |
| 2793 | ble.ir | Open | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | – |
| 3257 | irna.ir | Open | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | – |
| 3677 | farsnews.ir | Open | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | – |
| 4057 | isna.ir | No robots.txt | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | – |
| 4121 | rubika.ir | No robots.txt | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | – |
| 4278 | snapp.ir | Unreadable | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | – |
| 4481 | irancell.ir | Open | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | – |
| 4502 | khabaronline.ir | Open | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | – |
| 4653 | tabnak.ir | Open | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | – |
| 4831 | zoomit.ir | Open | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | – |
| 5079 | tamin.ir | Unreadable | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | – |
| 5344 | abadis.ir | Open | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | – |
| 5643 | bahesab.ir | Open | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | – |
| 5661 | nobat.ir | Open | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | yes |
| 5666 | taw-bio.ir | Open | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | – |
| 5732 | tala.ir | Open | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | – |
| 5810 | musicviral.ir | Open | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | – |
| 5814 | melody98.ir | Open | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | – |
| 5817 | musicsweb.ir | Open | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | – |
| 5908 | iranjib.ir | Open | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | – |
| 5964 | kanoon.ir | Open | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | – |
| 5999 | biomaze.ir | Unreadable | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | – |
| 6062 | uptune.ir | Open | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | – |
| 6164 | bahalmag.ir | Open | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | – |
| 6282 | abzarek.ir | Open | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | – |
| 6322 | mt98.ir | Open | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | – |
| 6685 | bama.ir | Open | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | – |
| 7037 | fardayetaze.ir | Open | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | yes |
| 7443 | cafebazaar.ir | Open | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | – |
| 8697 | tasnimnews.ir | Open | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | – |
| 9052 | telewebion.ir | Open | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | – |
| 9211 | metrix.ir | Open | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | – |
| 9484 | hamshahrionline.ir | Open | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | – |
| 9663 | myket.ir | Open | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | yes |
| 9938 | entekhab.ir | Open | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | – |
Categories on .ir (Iran)
- Other 33 sites
- Entertainment 3 sites
- News & media 2 sites
- E-commerce 1 sites
FAQ
- Do websites in Iran (.ir) block AI crawlers?
- As of 2026-10-03, 0% of the 35 websites in Iran (.ir) whose robots.txt we could read block GPTBot, 0% block ClaudeBot and 0% block PerplexityBot (all 8,357 sites: 12%, 11%, 8.3%). 4 of them (11.4%) serve an llms.txt (all sites: 15.2%).
- Which .ir (Iran) websites block the most AI crawlers?
- None of the 35 readable .ir (Iran) sites blocks an AI crawler on its home page.
- How is this measured?
- We fetch each site's robots.txt every day from one residential IP in Taiwan with an honest user agent, and apply the rules to 29 AI crawlers for the home page. 39 .ir (Iran) sites are in the sample, 35 had a readable robots.txt (4 did not answer or returned an error page).
Other countries and suffixes
- .com GPTBot 12.4%
- .org GPTBot 11.1%
- .net GPTBot 13.6%
- .ru (Russia) GPTBot 5.1%
- .de (Germany) GPTBot 23.6%
- .jp (Japan) GPTBot 6%
- .io GPTBot 4.3%
- .edu GPTBot 3.7%
- .gov GPTBot 4.6%
- .br (Brazil) GPTBot 6.7%
- .uk (United Kingdom) GPTBot 20%
- .fr (France) GPTBot 31.8%
- .in (India) GPTBot 4.1%
- .cn (China) GPTBot 3.8%
- .it (Italy) GPTBot 27.3%
- .ai GPTBot 4.9%
- .pl (Poland) GPTBot 26.4%
- .au (Australia) GPTBot 27%
- .tv GPTBot 6%
- .nl (Netherlands) GPTBot 27.1%
- .es (Spain) GPTBot 25%
- .co GPTBot 8.9%
- .ca (Canada) GPTBot 7.1%
- .ch (Switzerland) GPTBot 16.7%