The Rah Ahan Herald
Match5 Sep 2026
The small margins put Rah Ahan out
Out, 0‑0 to Zob Ahan, and the long argument about which of the small moments decided it. The league is all there is now, and everybody knows it.
Market7 Sep 2026
Karim Vafaei 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 The request is on a desk at Rah Ahan, and it is not being withdrawn.
Player ratings7 Sep 2026
Mehdi Yazdani runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 25. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Tempers go at Rah Ahan
Ehsan Ebrahimi was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
The terraces7 Sep 2026
Rah Ahan supporters have found a favourite in Ahmad Noorafkan
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 21-year-old it feels ownership of. Ahmad Noorafkan has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
Squad7 Sep 2026
No hiding place for Vouria Karimi
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Vouria Karimi, and the manager let it.
Squad7 Sep 2026
A place in the month's best eleven for Abolfazl Zadehattar
Four or five weekends of consistency, judged against everybody in the division doing his job. Abolfazl Zadehattar has come out of that comparison in the side, and Rah Ahan have had the benefit of every one of those afternoons.
Player ratings7 Sep 2026
Ahmad Noorafkan takes the honours
Marked 7.16 on an afternoon he ran from the first whistle to the last. Whatever else went wrong, Rah Ahan had the best player on the pitch.
Market7 Sep 2026
Esteghlal Ahvaz are about to pick up the phone
A conversation is coming this week. Rah Ahan will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.
In brief
- Squad Rah Ahan pick somebody else ahead of Mohammad Beiranvand
- Market Still no ink between Rah Ahan and Mehdi Karimi
- Market The window shut and Shahriar Hajsafi is still in the building