The Esteghlal Ahvaz Courier
Squad3 Aug 2026
Iman Jafaripour has been here 8 seasons
1 appearances across 8 seasons in one shirt. Nobody builds a career like that on purpose any more; it happens to a certain kind of footballer at a certain kind of club.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Falah Daram stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Falah Daram and Esteghlal Ahvaz agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Esteghlal Ahvaz
Mojtaba Moghtadaei 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.
Boardroom3 Aug 2026
Graduation day at Esteghlal Ahvaz
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.
Market3 Aug 2026
Majid Pouraliganji steps up from the Esteghlal Ahvaz academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Majid Pouraliganji 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
Hossein Vafaei steps up from the Esteghlal Ahvaz academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Hossein Vafaei 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
Esteghlal Ahvaz promote Morteza Pouraliganji from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Morteza Pouraliganji 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
Majid Ebrahimi steps up from the Esteghlal Ahvaz academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Majid Ebrahimi 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.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Luis Caicedo 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.
In brief
- Match Falah Daram rescues a point for Esteghlal Ahvaz
- Boardroom No investment in the facilities at Esteghlal Ahvaz
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Rasoul Barichi