Persepolis tastes 1st season defeat

PTV - Tehran's popular football team Persepolis has been defeated by Sanat Mes Kerman FC in the sixth week of the Iranian Premier League (IPL).

Mes Kerman beat Persepolis 1-0 before more than 60,000 spectators at Tehran's Azadi stadium on Thursday night.

Substitute Rouhollah Ataie scored the only goal of the match in the 80th minute to get all three points for his squad.

Mes Kerman, coached by Parviz Mazloumi, currently stands in the third place in the IPL table with 9 points while Persepolis came down to the fourth place with 8 points.