TEHRAN-- Persepolis football group defeated Nassaji 5-1 to end the very first half of the Iran Professional League (IPL) season as the leaders.Giorgi Gvelesiani opened the scoring for Persepolis from the penalty spot simply seven minutes into the match however his goal was canceled out by Ayoub Kalantari three minutes later.Mohammad Omri netted a brace in the first half and Danial Esmaeilifar likewise scored a brace in the 2nd half to seal a 5-1 win for the Reds.Persepolis went down to 10 males prior to the hour mark after Mehdi Torabi received 2 yellow cards.Earlier in the day, Sepahan beat Mes Kerman 2-0 in Isfahan.

Mes Rafsanjan beat Paykan 2-0.

Sanat Naft suffered a 1-0 home loss versus Gol Gohar and Malavan edged rock-bottom Naft Masjed Soleyman 1-0 in Bandar Anzali.Tractor and Esteghlal match was also delayed due to heavy snowfall in Tabriz.