Iran-Turkey Border Closed after Terrorist Attack on Iranian Transit Trucks

"Fortunately, no one was killed or wounded in the incident, but a truck and its cargo were completely burnt," Mohammad Javad Atrchian, a senior official at the Iranian Road Ministry, said on Wednesday.

Atrchian noted that Turkey closed its borders Tuesday night to prevent further damage to Iranian passenger buses and trucks, but Iran still allows Turkish buses and trucks to cross the border with Iran, explaining that security conditions is fragile only in Turkey and not in Iran.

The Iranian official said that Tehran has asked for compensation from Ankara, and the Turkish ambassador to Tehran has vowed to follow up the case.

On Friday, the PKK terrorists attacked a bus of Iranian tourists in the Turkish province of Van.

The Iranian passenger bus came under the PKK attack in Çaldıran district of Van, the Turkish-language Daily Sabah news website reported.

Meantime, Iranian Ambassador to Ankara Alireza Bigdeli said that no one died during the attack by unknown gunmen on the Iranian passenger bus near the city of Van.

An Iranian national named Davoud Qan has just been wounded, he added.

On July 30, Terrorists attacked the Ankara-Tehran train in Turkey's Bingol province.

According to Hurriyet daily website, the attack took place in Ganch region of Turkey's Bingol province and in relation to a mine explosion.

Salim Kusshgar, the governor-general of Bingol province, said that the Ankara-Tehran passenger train, called the Trans Asia Train, was attacked by the PKK terrorist group.

"A number of the train's wagons were damaged, but the explosion caused no human casualties and the train continued its procession," he added.

The mine was exploded using a remote control device, Hurriyet wrote.

The PKK has increased its operations inside the Turkish soil after Ankara's air force attacked the ISIL positions in Syria and Kurdish PKK militants in Northern Iraq on Friday night.

After the attack, an explosion hit the Iran-Turkey natural gas pipeline in the eastern Turkish province of Agrı on Monday. Iran stopped gas flow to that country immediately after being informed of the incident.