The Rah Ahan Herald
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
A debut Majid Rezaeian will not forget — 8.38
There is exactly one of these per career and it does not usually go like this. 2 on the scoresheet, 8.38 beside the name, and a crowd that had never seen him before chanting it by the end.
Match1 Aug 2026
Rah Ahan run riot against Gostaresh Foulad
6‑0, and the margin flattered nobody — it could have carried another goal or two without complaint. Afternoons like this are why people keep coming.
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
Both of them Milad Mohammadi's — 8.39
2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 8.39, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
No sign of nerves from Reza Shojaei at 21 — 8.55
The hardest thing about being 21 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Reza Shojaei did not need any: 8.55, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
Saeid Taremi, 35, rolls back the years — 8.10
There is an age at which every good afternoon gets described as a throwback, which is unfair and also accurate. 8.10 at 35, and nobody on the pitch was better.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Pejman Azmoun 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 Rah Ahan this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match1 Aug 2026
Nobody could stop scoring
6 goals. Both benches spent the second half looking at each other rather than at the pitch. Purists will complain about Rah Ahan and Gostaresh Foulad in equal measure; everybody else had a wonderful time.
Boardroom3 Aug 2026
4 academy players handed senior numbers at Rah Ahan
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Words at Rah Ahan training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Hossein Saki is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
In brief
- The terraces Rah Ahan supporters have found a favourite in Mohammad Hosseini
- Market Karim Noorafkan steps up from the Rah Ahan academy
- Market Rah Ahan promote Milad Karimi from within