The Rah Ahan Herald
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
Karim Rezaeian 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.
Market31 Aug 2026
Ehsan Mohammadi 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.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Karim Rezaeian 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 Rah Ahan this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match29 Aug 2026
Rah Ahan see off Saba
Three points for Rah Ahan, 1‑0 the final word against Saba in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Words at Rah Ahan training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Ali Nekounam 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.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Ali Nekounam gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
In brief
- Player ratings The afternoon belonged to Vouria Jahanbakhsh
- Market Experience through the door at Rah Ahan
- Squad Vouria Jahanbakhsh is off the mark for Rah Ahan