Hossein Kanaanizadegan opened the scoring for Persepolis at the Shahr-e Qods Stadium in the fifth minute of the match from the penalty spot and Ali Alipour made it 2-0 in the 70th minute.
Persepolis moved up to the third place with eight points out of four matches.
Esteghlal also drew 2-2 with Nassaji in Qaemshahr. Kevin Yamga scored for Nassaji from the spot but Ramin Rezaeian leveled the scoreboard in the 63rd minute from the spot.
Hamed Pakdel was on target for Nassaji in the 73rd minute but Abolfazl Jalali equalized the match two minutes later.
Esteghlal was reduced to 10-man after Rouzbeh Cheshmi was sent off in the dying moments of the match.
Malavan moved to second place with a game more by beating Shams Azar 2-0 in Bandar Anzali’s Sirous Qayeqran Stadium.
Mes was held to a goalless draw by Gol Gohar in Rafsanjan.