The Esteghlal Khuzestan Herald
Squad7 Sep 2026
Hamed Al-Shanqeeti is the hero from the spot
A shoot-out is remembered by its ending, and this one ends with Hamed Al-Shanqeeti: 3 kept out, and a set of supporters who will describe every one of them for the next twenty years.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Mohammad Javad Kia keeps Esteghlal Khuzestan 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.
Match2 Sep 2026
Esteghlal Khuzestan bow out of the cup
Saipa go through and Esteghlal Khuzestan go home, 1‑1 the scoreline that did it. The dressing room will call the league the priority now, because that is what dressing rooms say.
Match5 Sep 2026
No mercy from Esteghlal Khuzestan
Tractor will want this one forgotten quickly: 3‑0, every duel lost, and a long ride home. Esteghlal Khuzestan were ruthless in the way good sides are ruthless.
The terraces7 Sep 2026
Esteghlal Khuzestan sell a favourite for $360.0K
The accountants will call it good business and they will be right, which is not the point anybody outside the boardroom is making. Pouya Reshadi Mohammadi was one of the reasons people came, and $360.0K does not replace that by itself.
Market7 Sep 2026
Hossein Darvishi 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 The request is on a desk at Esteghlal Khuzestan, and it is not being withdrawn.
Boardroom7 Sep 2026
The Esteghlal Khuzestan board want somebody sold
The instruction has come from upstairs rather than from the dugout, which is the version of this conversation no manager enjoys. Somebody in that squad is now available whether the man who picks the team thinks so or not.
Match5 Sep 2026
7 unbeaten for Esteghlal Khuzestan
Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 7 matches without defeat is a foundation Esteghlal Khuzestan did not have in the autumn.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Hamid Bouhamdan in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Esteghlal Khuzestan this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
In brief
- Market Business is business: Pouya Reshadi Mohammadi goes
- Squad Words at Esteghlal Khuzestan training over how hard people work
- The terraces Esteghlal Khuzestan supporters have found a favourite in Alireza Karami