Persepolis football team started the 2017-18 Iran Professional League (IPL) season with a 2-0 win over Foolad here on Thursday.
Vahid Amiri gave Persepolis a lead just nine minutes into the match and Shoja Khalilzadeh found the back of the net with a header in the 53rd minute.
Persepolis was reduced to 10 men in the 70th minute after Ali Alipour received his second yellow card.