Iranain border

Got to the Iranian border in good time, arriving about 2 pm. We quickly realized that something was wrong as no traffic was moving...the border was closed. After talking with some Iranians at the gate we were told that it should open up again at 8 pm. Six hours later and everything went a bit crazy. Only one gate opened and about 100 cars and buses all tried to get through the gate at the same time. The Turks and Iranians don't seem to know what queuing is and instead of taking there time two idots blocked the gate trying to get through before the other. It was bumper to bumper stuff. I literally had to touch the bumper of the car in front of me so that no other fool could cut me off and this game continued until we got through. I don't know how the car wasnt scrapped or damaged in some way. Absolute kayos is the only way to describe the border crossing with I don't know how many army and police were just looking on.

We got over the Turkish side and into the Iranian border control where unfortunately things got a little worse for us. Firstly we stupidly trusted some guy that told us he was an Iranian Tourist guide working for the Iranian government to help fast track tourists through the border. I think he screwed us and I am just sickened that I didn't see through it sooner.
The other more serious problem that we had was that the Carnet de Passage (car Passport) had the wrong registration number on it. A mistake I never noticed before then and made by the RAC in the uk who produced the Carnet. Instead of 98 MO 5314 the carnet showed 98 MO 5315. This caused of a few problems at the border but thankfully they let us through with a little persuasion. They quite easily could have sent us back to Turkey but we got lucky again. A few Euro lighter and a Carnet that was almost useless we drove into the night to Tabriz our first stop in the Islamic Republic of Iran.