The Persepolis Courier
Squad14 Sep 2026
Pejman Vafaei damages knee ligaments — 113 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 113 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Match9 Sep 2026
Persepolis through in the cup
A 2‑1 win over Gostaresh Foulad, and the draw for the next round can be watched with some interest for once.
Match12 Sep 2026
Persepolis run riot against Saba
4‑1, and the margin flattered nobody — it could have carried another goal or two without complaint. Afternoons like this are why people keep coming.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Amir Reza Rafiei keeps Persepolis in it on his own
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 9 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Match9 Sep 2026
Mohammad Omri wins it after the whistle should have gone
127 minutes played. Mohammad Omri found the finish in time that only existed because of earlier delays, and Gostaresh Foulad went from a point to nothing inside one movement.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Igor Sergeev takes the match ball home
3 goals in one afternoon from one man. The other players were also present, a witness confirmed.
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
Age has not caught Igor Sergeev yet — 9.76
At 33 he is supposed to be managing his minutes. Instead he was marked 9.76 and looked, for ninety minutes, exactly like the player everybody remembers.
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
Mohammad Mehdi Mohebi was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 29. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
Market14 Sep 2026
Mohammad Gandomi puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Persepolis, and it is not being withdrawn.
In brief
- Market Persepolis turn down Esteghlal for Amir Reza Rafiei
- Market Mohammad Gandomi’s move to Saba falls through
- Match Saba blown away early