[8] After the team moved to Qom, he became the technical director[9] and was eventually promoted to manager when Mahmoud Yavari was released from his contract.

He signed a two-year contract with newly promoted Paykan on 14 May 2012 but was sacked on 27 January 2013 after a series of bad results.

In the second season, Esteghlal Khuzestan bought Rouhollah Seifollahi, Mohammad Reza Mahdavi, Soumbeïla Diakité, Mehdi Seyed Salehi, Meysam Baou and released Fábio Carvalho, Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh, Adel Kolahkaj and Milad Meydavoudi.

Esteghlal Khuzestan won the play-off 3–0 on aggregate thanks to goals from Mehdi Momeni and Lamine Diawara (twice) and kept their Persian Gulf Pro League spot.

Veisi extended his contract until 2018 after the end of the season and started promoting young talents from the academy and Foolad Novin to the first squad.

On 13 May 2016, Veisi won Iran Pro League title with Esteghlal Khuzestan after a 2–0 win over Zob Ahan.