An Analysis of the Relevance of Good Islamic Urban Governance in the Deepening of Islamic Iranian Progress Model

Today, “good urban governance” as a useful phenomenon which, of course, is rooted in Western thinking has overshadowed the urban management which is looking for its lost identity. Whereas, not only it seems that the religion of Islam is able to present urban governance components, but also, it seems good Islamic urban governance enjoy greater comprehensiveness compared to the Western type for being the implemented in the cities of Iran. So, due to the importance of the issue, this article, uses a descriptive-analytical method. It is a applied research, based on library studies and content analysis aimed to deepening the Islamic Iranian Progress Model. Based on research findings, not only does Islam have the capacity to provide the components of good urban governance, but also is more is comprehensive than the Western type for being implemented in the cities of the country. Meanwhile, studying carefully on basic documents related to the progress model containing principles, ideals, prophecy, vision and policy, it was found that we can extract many components of good Islamic urban governance from these documents. But there has been no direct reference to good Islamic urban governance. Finally, based on research findings, some courses of action for deepening the Islamic model of Iran are proposed.