The Rah Ahan Herald
Squad19 Oct 2026
Amir Jahanbakhsh damages knee ligaments — 17 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 17 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.
The dugout19 Oct 2026
Ahmad Ebrahimi: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Rah Ahan have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad19 Oct 2026
Tempers go at Rah Ahan
Majid Pouraliganji 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.
Squad19 Oct 2026
Words at Rah Ahan training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Hossein Yazdani 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.
Squad19 Oct 2026
Defences have started doubling up on Majid Pouraliganji
9 goals and a season average of 7.26 will do that. The space he used to find has gone; he keeps scoring anyway, which is the mark of the real thing.
Match17 Oct 2026
Rah Ahan refuse to lose to Esteghlal Ahvaz
A point taken on 85 minutes is worth exactly one point and considerably more than that to a dressing room. This side does not stop, which is a reputation worth more than the result.
Match17 Oct 2026
Majid Shojaei rescues a point for Rah Ahan
It needed Majid Shojaei to find the net to bring anything home at all: 2‑2 against Esteghlal Ahvaz, and half the dressing room will call it a point won.
The dugout19 Oct 2026
No hiding place for Mohammad Dejagah
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Mohammad Dejagah, and the manager let it.
The dugout19 Oct 2026
Milad Noorafkan: “We have to be better”
“It is not the end of the world and it is not good enough. Both of those are true.” The manager, after a 2‑2 draw, said the honest thing and then went to say it again inside.
In brief
- The dugout The plan did not have a place for Amin Pourali
- Player ratings Majid Shojaei beats them one at a time
- Player ratings Off the bench and decisive: Hossein Yazdani