“Due to the failure of Turkish authorities to provide required services at border gates of Kapikoy (Razi) and Esendare (Sero), it is practically impossible to enter Turkey through these customs routes,” said Javad Atrchian, the director general of the office for transit and border terminals of Iran Road Maintenance and Transportation Organization.
He advised Iranian citizens had better avoid grounds trips to Turkey and opt for air route if necessary given the security problems in the roads of Eastern Turkey.
Turkey has recently been gripped with security problems, particularly in eastern areas, said to be mainly caused by Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants, a Turkish opposition group.
Back in July, two Iran-Turkey passenger trains were separately attacked by remotely detonated landmines, possibly planted by PKK militants.
Following the attacks Iran temporarily cancelled all trains to the Turkish capital, and the Foreign Ministry issued a travel warning against ground trips to the neighboring country.
The statement came after an attack by unknown gunmen on a bus carrying Iranian tourists in eastern Turkey killed one and injured three others.
The incidents come against the backdrop of renewed violence between Turkish forces and the PKK, whose elements have long been engaged in militancy in southeastern Turkey.
Turkey recently launched airstrikes allegedly against the PKK bases in northern Iraq as well as positions held by the Takfiri Daesh (ISIL) terrorists in Syria after a July 21 bomb attack that left 32 people dead in the southwestern town of Suruc.