Ali Tajarnia, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Estagalal Club, said in a conversation with Sport Sa about the selection of Sohrab Bakhtiarizade: "Two members of the Board of Directors told me, Mr. Tajarnia, that you will fire Sohrab yourself in the fifth week. However, I had two reasons; I said he should be given an independent opportunity." He said: "However, the conditions in the country were not good enough for us to try a foreigner. Many friends said that we brought him in as a temporary head coach and that there is no need to advance next season." Tajarnia further said: "Mr. Bakhtiarizade, who came after Musimana, achieved good results for two weeks. I thought to myself that Sourav came in the first round and did not get bad results, but what happened that he left us before the game against Persepolis? Later I found out that he did not agree, but it was not a foreign helper." According to the chairman of the board of Esteghlal, Bakhtiarizadeh accepted the leadership of Blue Fushan unconditionally: "We had two Iranian candidates and two foreign candidates. Everyone bet that we would see a two-year contract, they also said heavy figures. The only one who did not intervene and said he was ready to come help was Bakhtiarizade.

Ali Tajarnia, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Estagalal Club, said in a conversation with Sport Sa about the selection of Sohrab Bakhtiarizade: "Two members of the Board of Directors told me, Mr. Tajarnia, that you will fire Sohrab yourself in the fifth week. However, I had two reasons; I said he should be given an independent opportunity." He said: "However, the conditions in the country were not good enough for us to try a foreigner. Many friends said that we brought him in as a temporary head coach and that there is no need to advance next season." Tajarnia further said: "Mr. Bakhtiarizade, who came after Musimana, achieved good results for two weeks. I thought to myself that Sourav came in the first round and did not get bad results, but what happened that he left us before the game against Persepolis? Later I found out that he did not agree, but it was not a foreign helper." According to the chairman of the board of Esteghlal, Bakhtiarizadeh accepted the leadership of Blue Fushan unconditionally: "We had two Iranian candidates and two foreign candidates. Everyone bet that we would see a two-year contract, they also said heavy figures. The only one who did not intervene and said he was ready to come help was Bakhtiarizade.