The Rah Ahan Herald
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Pejman Ebrahimi runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 40. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A muscle injury sidelines Pejman Ebrahimi for 15 days
Nobody makes a documentary about a hamstring and everybody in the game fears one. Rah Ahan will be careful with the return date, because the second one is always worse than the first.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Rah Ahan
Kaveh Vafaei 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words at Rah Ahan training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Walter Montoya is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Squad10 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Majid Hajsafi
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Market10 Aug 2026
Talks stall between Rah Ahan and Walter Montoya
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.
Market10 Aug 2026
Saipa 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.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
The afternoon belonged to Sardar Shojaei
A mark of 7.06, and nobody in the ground would argue with it. He was involved in everything that mattered and most of what did not.
Market10 Aug 2026
No place for Amir Karimi in the plan
“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” Amir Karimi has his answer from Rah Ahan; what he does with it is the next window’s story.