Hadi Khanifar's 24th minute strike looked have have earned visitors Est-Ahvaz a second win of the season. However, it was the home side who who collected their first three points of the new campaign to move up to 14th in the table as captain Omid Khoraj equalised with eight minutes remaining before defender Majid Gholamnejad struck the 89th-minute winner.
Elsewhere, Shahin and Abumoslem remain winless from the opening five games after sharing a 1-1 draw. Bahador Abdi opened the scoring for Shahin 10 minutes after half-time before Reza Nasehi earned the visitors a point eight minutes after the hour mark.