The Persepolis Courier
Match1 Aug 2026
Persepolis run riot against Siah Jamegan
4‑1, and the margin flattered nobody — it could have carried another goal or two without complaint. Afternoons like this are why people keep coming.
Squad3 Aug 2026
A day Ali Alipour will not forget
3 goals in one game. The first was taken well, the second was taken greedily, and by the third the crowd were simply waiting for him to get the ball.
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
Thievy Bifouma, 34, rolls back the years — 7.81
There is an age at which every good afternoon gets described as a throwback, which is unfair and also accurate. 7.81 at 34, and nobody on the pitch was better.
Squad3 Aug 2026
8 seasons of Hossein Abarghouei
125 appearances across 8 seasons in these colours. Careers like that are not built any more, and Persepolis know what they have.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Hossein Kanaani signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Hossein Kanaani commits to Persepolis for another 2 years.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Hossein Kanaani 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 Persepolis this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom3 Aug 2026
Graduation day at Persepolis
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.
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
One of those days for Ali Alipour
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 9.39, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Market3 Aug 2026
Persepolis promote Morteza Moharrami from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Morteza Moharrami 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 Persepolis promote Hossein Khodadad from within
- Market Hossein Taremi steps up from the Persepolis academy
- Market Persepolis promote Shahriar Cheshmi from within