Tehran Times - Pars Jonoubi defeated Zob Ahan 3-0 in the 10th Week of Iran Professional League (IPL) on Friday.

The newly-promoted team moved top of the IPL table with 22 points.

Mehdi Zobeidi opened the scoring for Pars Jonoubi in the 41st minute in Isfahan’s Naghsh-e Jahan Stadium.

Omid Sing made it 2-0 in the 83rd minute and Hossein Pouramini scored the visiting team’s third goal in the dying moments of the match.

“Pars Jonoubi played a good game and deserved to win. Our strikers wasted their chances in the first half and this is football. I'd like to congratulate Pars Jonoubi for this win,” Zob Ahan coach Amir Ghalenoei said in the post-match news conference.

Pars Jonoubi sit top of the table two points clear of Paykan.

Holder Persepolis are third with 17 points and two matches in hands.

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