The present paper uses documentary and comparative methods to explain the local management model in the light of Iran’s 20-Year Perspective Plan and in relation to the status of this issue in that instrument. After enumerating criteria resulting from the above study, various stages have been completed to answer the main question of the research which is about duties of municipalities across Iran in an optimal state as the main authorities in charge of local management. In this regard, information obtained through interviewing experts has been analyzed and findings have been presented as a list of “duties of Iranian municipalities in an optimal state.”
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