TEHRAN – Midfielder Alireza Nikbakht-Vahedi and striker Hossein Badamaki signed contracts with football club of Persepolis here Wednesday.

Nikbakht-Vahedi and Badamaki, who played for Esteqlal of Tehran and the Mashhad-based Abu Moslem last season respectively, joined Tehran’s popular side, registering their contracts at the Football Board.

Badamaki scotched the rumors that he had joined Saba Battery.

Nima Qavidel playing for the capital’s Ground Forces last season and Salah Hassan from Iraq had already inked contracts with Persepolis.