IPL: Persepolis Beats Gol Gohar

Mehdi Torabi opened the scoring with a brilliant curling shot from distance in the 52nd minute.

Gol Gohar defender Abdollah Hosseini scored an own goal in the 80th minute but Alireza Ebrahimi made it 2-1 with a header in the 88th minute.

In Bushehr, Shahin Shahrdari drew 1-1 with Sanat Naft and Naft Masjed Soleyman came from 1-0 deficit to beat Saipa 2-1 in its home.

Esteghlal sits top of the table with 26 points, one point above Sepahan and Persepolis who are second and third, respectively.

Winless Gol Gohar remains at the bottom of table with just six points.