TEHRAN – Sepahan and Persepolis football team shared the spoils in Matchweek 22 of Iran Professional League (IPL) Sunday night, while Esteghlal suffered a home loss against Zob Ahan. In Isfahan’s Naghsh-e Jahan Stadium, IPL leaders Sepahan drew 1-1 with Persepolis. Isa Alekasir was on target for the visiting team and with three minutes left, […]
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ACL Group E: Persepolis seal top spot
TEHRAN – Persepolis of Iran football team secured top spot in Group E of the 2021 AFC Champions League on Thursday with a 4-2 win over Al Rayyan of Qatar. Yahya Golmohammadi’s side bounced back from their loss against Al Wahda and ensured their passage to the Round of 16 at the Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru […]
Sepahan overtake Persepolis at top of Iran Professional League
TEHRAN – Sepahan football team returned to top of Iran professional League (IPL) with a 2-0 win over Tractor on Thursday. Sajad Shahbazzadeh gave the hosts the lead in the 19th minute. Tractor were reduced to 10 men on the hour mark after receiving his second yellow card. Tractor forward Peyman Babaei missed a penalty […]
Esteghlal, Persepolis learn fate at Hazfi Cup
TEHRAN – Esteghlal and Persepolis football teams, as the most decorated teams in Iran’s Hazfi Cup, learned their rivals at the competition’s Round of 32. Esteghlal will face Iran Professional League team Paykan in the stage, while Persepolis meet second-tier Mes Novin Kerman. The first leg will be played on March 11 and 12, with […]
Persepolis earn hard-fought win over Mes: IPL
TEHRAN – Persepolis football team earned a hard-fought win over Mes Rafsanjan here in Iran Professional League (IPL) on Tuesday. Persepolis captain Jalal Hosseini, who sealed three points for his team with a header last week in Tabriz, found the back of the net with a header once again. He scored the only goal of […]
Ruins of majestic historical gateway unearthed near Persepolis
TEHRAN – The ruins of a majestic historical gateway, built upon the order of Cyrus the Great, who was the founder of the mighty Achaemenid Empire (ca. 550 – 330 BC), have been unearthed near the UNESCO-registered Persepolis in southern Iran, Iranian researchers said on Monday. Supervised by a joint mission of Iranian and Italian […]
Persepolis edge past Tractor: IPL
TEHRAN – Persepolis football team edged past Tractor thanks to a goal from Jalal Hosseini in Matchday 14 of Iran Professional League (IPL) on Thursday. In the match held in Tabriz’s Yadegar-e Emam Stadium, Persepolis captain Hosseini headed home from Ahmad Nourollahi’s cross in the 53rd minute. Persepolis made several chances in the second half […]
Former Persepolis defender Ali Ansarian laid to rest
TEHRAN – Ex-Iran and Persepolis defender Ali Ansarian, who died of coronavirus, was laid to rest on Thursday. He was buried at the Behesht-e Zahra Cemetery on the outskirts of the Iranian capital, Tehran. Ansarian passed away at the age of 43 at the Farhikhtegan Hospital in Tehran, capital of Iran on Wednesday. He started […]
IPL: Sepahan beat Sanat Naft, Persepolis stunned in Arak
TEHRAN – Sepahan football team defeated Sanat Naft 2-1 in Abadan on Monday to go top of Iran Professional League (IPL) behind leaders Esteghlal on goal difference. Sajad Shahbazzadeh put the visiting team ahead in Abadan’s Takhti Stadium just six minutes into the match but Ahmad Shariatzadeh leveled the score in the 70th minute. With […]
Surveillance cameras installed along road to Persepolis
TEHRAN – Sets of surveillance cameras have recently been installed along the local road that leads to the UNESCO-registered Persepolis in southern Iran. The surveillance cameras were installed due to multiple reasons including traffic speed monitoring, better protection of the World Heritage site, and improve the quality of welfare and security of tourists, a local […]
Esteghlal escape defeat against Persepolis: IPL
TEHRAN – Esteghlal football team with earned a hard draw against Persepolis in Iran Professional League (IPL) on Monday. Source Views: 0
Persepolis share spoils with Sepahan: IPL
TEHRAN – Persepolis football team shared the spoils with Sepehan in a 0-0 draw in Iran Professional League (IPL) on Tuesday. Ivan Marković The Reds have not won a single match since losing to South Korean Ulsan Hyundai in 2020 AFC Champions League final on Dec. 19. Persepolis were held to two 1-1 draws […]
Bashar Resan bids farewell to Persepolis
TEHRAN – Iraqi midfielder Bashar Resan bade an emotional farewell to Persepolis football club. When Resan arrived in Tehran in the summer of 2017, he can scarcely have imagined he would contest two AFC Champions League finals with Persepolis in three years. “First of all, I would like to thank the Persepolis fans and all […]
Persepolis face dilemma over COVID-19
TEHRAN – Iranian football team Persepolis will travel to Doha Sunday night to meet the East Zone champions in the 2020 AFC Champions League but the Reds have not played an official match for three weeks and it’s a worrying issue. The Iranian giants hosted Shahr Khodro on Nov. 30 in Tehran but their next […]
Persepolis held by Naft Masjed Soleyman
TEHRAN – Persepolis football team played out a goalless draw with Naft Masjed Soleyman in Iran Professional League (IPL) on Thursday. Lackluster Persepolis were held to a goalless draw for the second time in three weeks on a rainy day in Masjed Soleyman’s Behnam Mahmoudi Stadium. Siamak Nemati failed to convert his penalty for Persepolis […]
AFC president congratulates Iran’s Persepolis victory
IRNA – President of the Asian Football Confederation Salman bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa in a letter expressed congratulations on the 4th consecutive victory of Iranian club Persepolis in the 19th Pro League. In his letter to President of Iran Football League Organization Heydar Baharvand, Salman bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa said it is an honor for […]
Iranian striker Mehdi Taremi decides to stay at Persepolis football club
Press TV- Iranian footballer Mehdi Taremi has decided to extend his contract with the Persian Gulf Pro League club Persepolis for another season. Persepolis spokesman Pendar Khomarlou said on Monday that the 24-year-old, who also plays as a forward for the Iranian national football team, opted to play for the red-clad Tehran-based giants following protracted talks with the club’s officials. Khomarlou added that Taremi has […]
Ayat. Sistani hails Bahrani cleric’s peaceful efforts
Iraq’s top cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani has praised efforts by Bahrain’s prominent Shia scholar Sheikh Isa Qassim in defending people’s rights through peaceful means. In a telephone conversation on Thursday, Ayatollah Sistani expressed solidarity with Sheikh Qassim, whose citizenship was revoked by the Manama regime this week. “You are in the hearts and what has occurred […]
Iran allows import of frozen Russian beef
Iran’s Veterinary Organization has endorsed a protocol on Russian frozen beef supplies, the Russian agriculture watchdog Rosselkhoznadzor said Tuesday. MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Iran’s Veterinary Organization experts visited Russia twice this year to test Russian control systems in beef and poultry production. “The coordination of the protocol is in fact the official Iranian market opening for Russian beef producers,” Rosselkhoznadzor said in a […]
Iran-Russia flights to nearly double to 9 per week
New flights to be launched to Isfahan, Sochi and Mashhad. The number of flights from Russia to Iran will be increased from five to nine per week, Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak told reporters on March 14 after holding talks with the co-chairman of the Russian-Iranian intergovernmental commission, Communications Minister Mahmud Vaezi. The aviation authorities […]