The players of the Malavan Bandar Anzali beach soccer team, before their first match in the Premier League, paid tribute to Jaavidnama Mohammad Haji-Pour, a former goalkeeper of the Iran national beach soccer team and from Shiraz. Mohammadreza Tokali, a Malavan player, held up a photo of Haji-Pour before the match against Shahin Khazar Rudsar.

During the popular protests in Dey 1404 in Rasht, Haji-Pour was killed by the security forces of the Islamic Republic. The Malavan club had also previously remembered him by publishing a poster about him before this match.

More details in an interview with Mehdi Rostampour, a sports journalist.