The Persepolis Courier
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Mohammad Mehdi Mohebi scores twice — 8.18
Two goals and a mark of 8.18 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Payam Niazmand keeps Persepolis in it on his own
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Persepolis
Hossein Kanaani 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.
Match8 Aug 2026
6 goals as Persepolis and Gostaresh Foulad go for it
Defending was optional and nobody took up the option. 6 goals between Persepolis and Gostaresh Foulad, and not one of the people who paid to be there will ask for the money back.
Match8 Aug 2026
A bad afternoon for Persepolis against Gostaresh Foulad
2‑4 to Gostaresh Foulad, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Hossein Kanaani 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Ramin Nekounam joins the Persepolis first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Ramin Nekounam is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
Ramin Karimi steps up from the Persepolis academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Ramin Karimi 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Persepolis promote Ahmad Taremi from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Ahmad Taremi 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 One of our own: Majid Mohammadi joins the Persepolis first team
- Boardroom Nobody left the Persepolis dressing room in a hurry
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Oston O'runov