[2] In his last season with Saipa he scored 9 goals in all competition which lead him to move to the league giant Esteghlal.

[10] On 22 July 2016, he officially joined the recently promoted club in Turkish Süper Lig.

[16] On 10 July 2017 during Esteghlal's pre-season, he played in a friendly against Pars Jonoubi Jam which he managed to score.

[21] Due to consecutive injuries, fell behind fellow striker Ali Ghorbani and new Esteghlal coach Winfried Schäfer asked him to search for a new club for the rest of 2017–18 season.

[24] Two days later, he was included in the starting line up against Al-Markhiya[25][26] in which assisted Patrick Fabiano's single goal of the match.

[27] However his contract was terminated by the club 13 days after signing for them and Luis Antonio Jiménez replaced him in the squad.

The reason for contract termination was due to the continues injuries he was dealing earlier in the season.

[28][29] On 30 May 2018, Shahbazzadeh returned to Iran joining Sepahan where he reunited with his former coach Amir Ghalenoei.