The Rah Ahan Herald
Match5 Sep 2026
Rah Ahan march on in the cup
Zob Ahan are out and Rah Ahan go through, 1‑1 the final word. The bracket opens up a little, and everyone allows themselves a look at it.
Match2 Sep 2026
Cup progress for Rah Ahan
A 3‑2 win over Zob Ahan, a place in the next round, and the quiet arithmetic every supporter does on the walk home: how many more until a final?
Player ratings7 Sep 2026
Nobody could get near Majid Shojaei
Successful dribbles: 33. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Match2 Sep 2026
Cruel end for Zob Ahan as Rah Ahan pounce
There is no crueller way to lose a football match. Rah Ahan scored in the 91th minute, the restart barely happened, and the away end was still standing when the whistle went.
Player ratings7 Sep 2026
A brace, and Mehdi Pouraliganji takes the afternoon — 8.80
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Mehdi Pouraliganji provided it, and the 8.80 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
Player ratings7 Sep 2026
Vouria Jahanbakhsh, 34, rolls back the years — 7.84
There is an age at which every good afternoon gets described as a throwback, which is unfair and also accurate. 7.84 at 34, and nobody on the pitch was better.
Market7 Sep 2026
Hossein Rezaeian hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Rah Ahan can pretend not to have heard.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Tempers go at Rah Ahan
Karim Rezaeian 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.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Words at Rah Ahan training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Sardar Noorafkan 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.
In brief
- Squad The manager makes an example of Octavio Zapata
- Squad A place in the month's best eleven for Vahid Pouraliganji
- Player ratings Ali Eslami changes it off the bench