The Rah Ahan Herald
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
Both of them Vahid Torabi's — 8.98
2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 8.98, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.
Market3 Aug 2026
Naft Tehran come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Rah Ahan did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Transfer targets3 Aug 2026
Door shut on Yaghoub Barage
Rah Ahan asked and Persepolis said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Rah Ahan
Ehsan 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.
Boardroom3 Aug 2026
Graduation day at Rah Ahan
4 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
Saeid Nekounam signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Saeid Nekounam and Rah Ahan agree another 2 years.
The terraces3 Aug 2026
The crowd has taken to Ehsan Rezaeian
At 23 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.
Match1 Aug 2026
Rah Ahan find a way past Gostaresh Foulad
Gostaresh Foulad made Rah Ahan work for it, but the scoreboard read 2‑0 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Market3 Aug 2026
Ehsan Azmoun steps up from the Rah Ahan academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Ehsan Azmoun 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.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Saman Moharrami joins the Rah Ahan first team
- Market Rah Ahan promote Majid Vafaei from within
- Squad The formation has left Mohammad Amini behind