Evaluating the Islamic-Iranian Model of Progress from the perspective of Territorial Development Policy with Emphasis on the Institutional Approach

Iran is one of the pioneers in the field of establishing a modern planning system with a history of about Seventy years; however, it has not been able to become a developed country and achieve public welfare and satisfaction. Given the fact that the principles of development are the same in all societies and different patterns of development determine the development path of a society, this situation has given rise need to prepare the " Islamic-Iranian Model of Progress " as a set of principles, values, rules, mechanisms, methods, measures, processes, structures, institutions, manpower and resources that will pave the way for development and progress in the Islamic Republic of Iran. This model was published in September 2016 after 7 years from the establishment of a specialized center for its compilation and a public opinion poll was conducted on that. This article aims to evaluate the document of the Islamic-Iranian Model of Progress from the perspective of territorial development policy and emphasizing the institutional approach by using the method of qualitative content analysis and the perspectives of elites. In the next stage, the criteria for evaluating the document from the perspective of territorial development policy was defined and this document was analyzed based on them. The results indicate that based on the components and protocols of evaluation, the document's attention to territorial development policy and institutional approach is limited. Therefore, according to the components and protocols presented in this study, an extensive revision of the content of the document should be done.