Mehdi Tartar, the head coach of Persepolis, responded in a press conference before the meeting with Fajarpasi to the accusations of Behnam Abul Kasempour, the CEO of Astagalal Khuzestan, and emphasized that he will continue the matter until the truth is ascertained. Abul Kasempour previously claimed that Tartar contacted one of the Esteghlal Khuzestan players on the eve of the match and expressed his desire to recruit him. In response to these statements Tarter said: "I coached for 20 years and before that I played for about 18 to 19 years and everyone knows me. In these years I have worked with close to 600 players who can testify to my professional behavior. In all this time I had no conversations or cases." The head coach of Persepolis added: "I will not trade my reputation for anything and we will definitely continue with this issue until the end. We need to determine who is a good person and who does the dirty things that are being talked about." Read more details on the website.

Mehdi Tartar, the head coach of Persepolis, responded in a press conference before the meeting with Fajarpasi to the accusations of Behnam Abul Kasempour, the CEO of Astagalal Khuzestan, and emphasized that he will continue the matter until the truth is ascertained. Abul Kasempour previously claimed that Tartar contacted one of the Esteghlal Khuzestan players on the eve of the match and expressed his desire to recruit him. In response to these statements Tarter said: "I coached for 20 years and before that I played for about 18 to 19 years and everyone knows me. In these years I have worked with close to 600 players who can testify to my professional behavior. In all this time I had no conversations or cases." The head coach of Persepolis added: "I will not trade my reputation for anything and we will definitely continue with this issue until the end. We need to determine who is a good person and who does the dirty things that are being talked about." Read more details on the website.