{"id":54521,"date":"2026-02-14T07:08:58","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T15:08:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/?p=54521"},"modified":"2026-02-14T07:08:58","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T15:08:58","slug":"pgpl-esteghlal-khuzestan-edge-fajr-sepasi-shams-azar-and-aluminum-draw-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/2026\/02\/14\/pgpl-esteghlal-khuzestan-edge-fajr-sepasi-shams-azar-and-aluminum-draw-video\/","title":{"rendered":"PGPL: Esteghlal Khuzestan edge Fajr Sepasi, Shams Azar and Aluminum draw [VIDEO]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tehran Times &#8211; AHVAZ, <strong>Esteghlal Khuzestan secured a narrow but valuable 1\u20130 victory over Fajr Sepasi on Friday in Matchweek 21 of the 2025\/26 Persian Gulf Professional League (PGPL).<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> Amirhossein Jalaivand proved decisive for the hosts, finding the net just before the hour mark to seal all three points in a tightly contested encounter.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier on Friday, Shams Azar and Aluminum Arak played out a goalless draw, with both sides struggling to convert possession into clear chances.<\/p>\n<p>Attention now turns to Saturday\u2019s fixtures, where Gol Gohar host Persepolis in Sirjan, Kheybar take on Malavan, and Paykan welcome bottom-side Mes in Tehran.<\/p>\n<p>At the top of the table, Tractor, Esteghlal , and Sepahan remain locked on 35 points, keeping the title race finely balanced.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u062e\u0644\u0627\u0635\u0647 \u0628\u0627\u0632\u06cc \u0627\u0633\u062a\u0642\u0644\u0627\u0644 \u062e\u0648\u0632\u0633\u062a\u0627\u0646 \u0648 \u0641\u062c\u0631\u0633\u067e\u0627\u0633\u06cc - \u0647\u0641\u062a\u0647 \u0628\u06cc\u0633\u062a \u0648 \u06cc\u06a9\u0645 \u0644\u06cc\u06af \u0628\u0631\u062a\u0631 \u062e\u0644\u06cc\u062c \u0641\u0627\u0631\u0633\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/d43adXpUiLw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u062e\u0644\u0627\u0635\u0647 \u0628\u0627\u0632\u06cc \u0627\u0633\u062a\u0642\u0644\u0627\u0644 \u062e\u0648\u0632\u0633\u062a\u0627\u0646 \u0648 \u0641\u062c\u0631\u0633\u067e\u0627\u0633\u06cc - \u0647\u0641\u062a\u0647 \u0628\u06cc\u0633\u062a \u0648 \u06cc\u06a9\u0645 \u0644\u06cc\u06af \u0628\u0631\u062a\u0631 \u062e\u0644\u06cc\u062c \u0641\u0627\u0631\u0633\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/d43adXpUiLw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tehran Times &#8211; AHVAZ, Esteghlal Khuzestan secured a narrow but valuable 1\u20130 victory over Fajr&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26307,"featured_media":54522,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[84,165],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-c47-featured-news","category-persian-gulf-pro-league"],"views":445,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54521","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26307"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54521"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54521\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54523,"href":"http:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54521\/revisions\/54523"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}