TEHRAN, (AP) - Last year's AFC Champions League runners-up Sepahan claimed their first win of this year's continental championship on Wednesday as Seyed Mohammad Salehi and Hadi Aghily secured a 2-1 win over Al Ittihad at the Azadi Stadium.

Mohammad Mahdi Seyed Salehi gave Sepahan, last year's runner-up, the lead from close range in the 61st minute. Hadi Aghili made it 2-0 in the 72nd.
Al-Ittihad scored a consolation goal in the 89th.
Sepahan has already lost its first two matches to Syria's al-Ittihad and Uzbekistan's Kuruvchi, respectively.