Rah Ahan defeated Esteghlal 3-2 in front of about 15,000 spectators.
Majid Noormohammadi gave Rah Ahan a lead in the 13th minute, booming a shot from inside the penalty area. Hossein Kazemi equalized the match just seconds before the interval. His shot was deflected by a Rah Ahan defender into the goal.
Rah Ahan scored for the second time in the 58th minute. Milad Zanidpour escaped the offside trap and chipped the ball over Esteghlal keeper’s head.
Esteghlal leveled the match again in 71st minute. Hadi Shakouri scored a powerful header past Farshid Karimi Rah Ahan keeper.
Rah Ahan’s Issa Traore scored the winning goal in the 77th minute. He curled his shot through a crowd in the penalty area and inside the far post.
This was Esteghlal’s first loss to Rah Ahan in the last 29 years.
Esteghlal is third in the IPL rankings with 27 points, behind Sepahan and Zob Ahan with 31 and 30 points respectively.