The Esteghlal Ahvaz Courier
Squad10 Aug 2026
29 days out for Milad Ahmadipouri after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Esteghlal Ahvaz will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Yahya Salahshour stands alone
6 saves, and a scoreline the ten men in front of him had no right to. Goalkeepers only get noticed on the bad days; this was one of the other ones.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Raouf Soltani arrives at the club he grew up with
Every footballer has an answer to the question about his boyhood club, and most of them never get to act on it. Raouf Soltani has, at Esteghlal Ahvaz, and the first month will show what that does to a man.
Market10 Aug 2026
Esteghlal Ahvaz turn down Naft Tehran for Falah Daram
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Ali Kolahkaj turns down Esteghlal Ahvaz
The clubs had agreed and the player had not. A snub, and a public one: Foolad keep him, and the supporters here are left wondering what he had heard about the place.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Mohammad Reza Rezaei 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 Esteghlal Ahvaz this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Sepahan tell Esteghlal Ahvaz: Ali Karimi is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Market10 Aug 2026
Esteghlal Ahvaz promote Ehsan Ebrahimi from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Ehsan Ebrahimi 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Esteghlal Ahvaz promote Pejman Noorafkan from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Pejman 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.
In brief
- Market Esteghlal Ahvaz promote Mohammad Moharrami from within
- Match A bad afternoon for Esteghlal Ahvaz against Sepahan
- The dugout Omid Mohammadi: “No excuses”