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Rah Ahan Tehran (Official
Website)
راه آهن تهران
Full name Rah Ahan FC Tehran
Nickname(s) Locomotive Runners
(Persian:لوكوموتيورانان)
Founded 1964
Ground Rah Ahan Stadium
Capacity 15,000
Chairman Mohammad Hassan Ansarifard |
Rah Ahan (راه آهن in Persian) is a football
team based in Tehran, Iran. They currently play in the IPL. The team is
sponsored by Iran's national railroad company. Up until recently the club
always provided players to Esteghlal FC. The club was promoted to the IPL
with quite a lot of controversy, after allegations of match-fixing, and
use of ineligible players. Sanat Naft FC launched complaints against the
club, and Rah Ahan's appearance in the IPL was not certain until the first
day of the 2005-06 season. The courts in Iran at the beginning of the
2006-07 season confirmed that Rah Ahan had been promoted unfairly and that
Sanat Naft should have been promoted instead. It is not clear how this
issue will be resolved, as the courts reached this decision three weeks
into the season. |