The Padideh Gazette
Market3 Aug 2026
Hossein Karimi asks to leave Padideh
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Masoud Moharrami 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 Padideh this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom3 Aug 2026
Graduation day at Padideh
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Words at Padideh training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Karim 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.
Market3 Aug 2026
Padideh promote Morteza Noorafkan from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Morteza Noorafkan has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market3 Aug 2026
Kaveh Cheshmi steps up from the Padideh academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Kaveh Cheshmi has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market3 Aug 2026
Sardar Shojaei steps up from the Padideh academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Sardar Shojaei has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Match1 Aug 2026
A bad afternoon for Padideh against Esteghlal
0‑1 to Esteghlal, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Pejman Noorafkan
Successful dribbles: 15. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
In brief
- Squad Vahid Hosseini knocks on the manager’s door
- Boardroom Padideh turn down the training-ground plan
- Squad The manager makes an example of Hossein Hajsafi