The Persepolis Courier
Match1 Aug 2026
Persepolis tear Siah Jamegan apart
Rarely has this fixture seen a display like it: 5‑1 against Siah Jamegan, and it could have been more.
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
A brace, and Ali Alipour takes the afternoon — 9.36
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Ali Alipour provided it, and the 9.36 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
Both of them Igor Sergeev's — 9.28
2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 9.28, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.
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.
Match1 Aug 2026
Ali Alipour among the goals in a wild afternoon
6 goals in one match, Ali Alipour on the scoresheet, and a scoreline that will look like a misprint. Neutrals could not have asked more of Persepolis and Siah Jamegan.
Boardroom3 Aug 2026
Graduation day at Persepolis
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
A row about effort at Persepolis
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Dániel Gera was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The terraces3 Aug 2026
One of their own: Mohammad Hossein Sadeghi
He is 22 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.
In brief
- Market Naft Tehran join the queue for Alireza Homaeifard
- Market One of our own: Kaveh Beiranvand joins the Persepolis first team
- Market Amir Dejagah steps up from the Persepolis academy