The Siah Jamegan Herald
Squad21 Sep 2026
Tempers go at Siah Jamegan
Vahid Shojaei 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 terraces21 Sep 2026
The crowd has taken to Karim Nekounam
At 22 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
Match19 Sep 2026
Mohammad Javad Akbari the difference as Siah Jamegan beat Zob Ahan
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Mohammad Javad Akbari. 2‑0 against Zob Ahan, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
Player ratings21 Sep 2026
Mohammad Javad Akbari was on a different afternoon to everybody else
8.14. There are performances a supporter describes to somebody who was not there and cannot quite convey; this was one, and the number does not help either.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Karim Cheshmi falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Player ratings21 Sep 2026
Ninety minutes of Masoud Vafaei at his very best
Marked 8.04. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at Siah Jamegan.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Saman Jahanbakhsh knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Siah Jamegan, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Vouria Khodadad dropped after a run of poor form
The one version of being left out a player cannot argue with, and the one he takes worst. Somebody else has been better and the team sheet says so, in public, every week until it changes.
Player ratings21 Sep 2026
Ahmad Mohammadi runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 7. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
In brief
- Boardroom Siah Jamegan were not finished after all
- Market Omid Mohammadi linked with a move away