TEHRAN (Mehr News Agency) -- Persepolis played a crowd-pleasing game to batter Barq and Pas struggled to a draw against Abu Moslem in the ninth week of the third Iran Pro League Friday.

Unpredictable due to its Jekyll and Hyde performances, Persepolis turned to a perfect goal-thirsty side against the visitor Barq of Shiraz, southern Fars Province.

The reds' strikers Sohrab Entezari and Ali Daei scored two goals each to send the Shirazi squad home with an unbelievable 4-0 rout.

National defender Yahya Golmohammadi sent a superb pass in the 15th minute for the unmarked Entezari, who scored the opener in a man-to-man challenge with Barq keeper Abbas Mohammadi.

Persepolis scored the second seven minutes after the restart when national skipper Daei unleashed a rebound in the penalty box past Barq goalie and defender in the goalmouth.

Daei was brought down seven minutes later in the area and he himself converted.

Not to be outdone, Entezari headed a loose ball above the advancing Mohammadi's hands in the 72nd minute to give Barq a bitter 4-0 licking in the 100,000-seater Azadi Stadium, 10km west of Tehran.

Persepolis substitute right winger Pejman Jamshidi received his marching orders for his second bookable offense three minutes before the normal time.

Mohsen Torki and his two linesmen Javad Taqipour and Hassan Karbasforoush judged the match.

In Mashhad, capital of Khorassan province, the visitor Pas managed to hold Abu Moslem to a 1-1 tie.

The black-clad Abu Moslem took the lead in the 24th minute when Fereydoun Fazli slotted home but former national midfielder Khodadad Azizi extracted a point for Pas, grabbed the equalizer in the 75th minute.

Siamak Bakhshi refereed the match as he was assisted by two linesmen Hatam Bakpour and Ali Khajeh-Koulaki. FOULAD, PEGAH, S BLUES WIN

Foulad of Khuzestan, the Rasht-based Pegah, and the Ahvazi blues won their ninth-week matches.

Foulad saw off the promoted northerners, Shamoushak of Noshahr, Mazandaran province, 2-0 in Takhti Stadium of Ahvaz.

National nimble midfielder of Foulad, Iman Mob'ali, converted a penalty four minutes into the second half and Lefteh Hamidi made it 2-0 in the 62nd minute.

Referee Mahmoud Rafiei and his two linesmen Manouchehr Nazari and Javad Fahimirad judged the match.

In Shahid Azodi Stadium in Rasht, Gilan Province, the promoted Pegah did a great task, beating the second IPL champion Sepahan.

Pejman Nouri grabbed his double in the 37th and 73rd minutes and Mohammad-Ali Ashourizad fired home seven minutes from the normal time.

Sepahan's sole goal came in the 65th minute when Asghar Taleb-Nassab slotted home.

Assisted by linesmen Nader Ja'fari and Alireza Rajablou, Mohsen Qahremani refereed the match.

In Iran Khodro Stadium, west of Tehran, Paykan lost to the visitor Esteqlal of Ahvaz 2-1.

Amir Khalifeh-Asl put the southern blues ahead in the 12th minute, which was responded by Mohammad-Ali Ebrahimian in the 63rd minute.

Mehrzad Rezaei scored the winner for Esteqlal in the 74th minute, welcoming the newly-signed manager Nasser Hejazi with an away victory.

Referee Sa'adat Baghbani and the two linesmen Massoud Fallah and Ne'mat Faraji judged the game. ESTEQLAL, ZOB HELD

Esteqlal of Tehran and the league leader Zob Ahan were held Thursday.

The capital's blues were ahead 2-0 in the first half against Fajr-e Sepassi in Hafezieh Stadium of Shiraz but the host fought back to make it 2-2 after the break.

Faraz Fatemi and Alireza Nikbakht-Vahedi scored for Esteqlal in the 14th and 43rd minutes and Siavash Akbarpour and Ali Alizadeh of Fajr netted in the 50th and 87th minutes.

Hedayat Mombini refereed the match in front of over 30,000 die-hard fans.

In Fouladshahr Stadium, Isfahan, the IPL table-topper Zob Ahan was enough lucky to squeeze a point from the ninth-week match against the bottom-placed SAIPA.

Mahdi Amirabadi took the lead for the visitor in the 50th minute and Hamid Aziz-Zadeh celebrated Zob's equalizer in the 90th minute.

Ref Jalal Moradi judged the game.