About the journal
The Iranian-Islamic city is more than an assemblage of buildings, spaces, and historical heritage. It represents the manifestation of a cultural and civilizational tradition in the realm of everyday life—where Islamic worldviews, values, and meanings intersect with Iranian history, culture, and environmental contexts, and find expression in spatial organization, ways of inhabiting, social relations, perception, and human experience of the city.
The Quarterly Journal of Iranian-Islamic City Studies is founded on the premise that understanding the Iranian-Islamic city requires attention not only to its physical and spatial structures, but also to its cultural, social, symbolic, perceptual, and lived dimensions. The journal therefore provides an interdisciplinary platform for rethinking the city and fostering dialogue between Islamic thought and heritage, Iranian intellectual and cultural traditions, and contemporary theories and transformations. Rather than treating the Iranian-Islamic city as a fixed model of the past to be reproduced, the journal approaches it as a living, dynamic, and evolving body of knowledge and experience. It seeks to explore how the intellectual, cultural, and spatial resources of the Iranian-Islamic tradition can contribute to understanding contemporary urban challenges, generating new knowledge, and opening alternative horizons for urban thought and practice.
The journal ultimately aims to advance a multidimensional understanding of the Iranian-Islamic city and to encourage theoretical, methodological, and practical approaches capable of establishing creative connections between identity, meaning, and cultural values on the one hand, and the realities and demands of contemporary urban life on the other.
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1 - A Critical Reading of the Islamic City and Architecture in the Thought of Seyyed Hossein Nasr
Amirarsalan Moradi sangachini ، Hamidreza saremi * ، Khatereh Moghani RahimiIssue 61 , Vol. 16 , Autumn 2026 -
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2 - Analysis of the Visual Intertwining of Decorations in the Prayer Hall Under the Main Dome of Hakim Mosque with Emphasis on Dadoes
Keyhane Reisi ، Iman Zakariaee Kermani * ، Jalil Jokar ، Samad NajarpoorIssue 61 , Vol. 16 , Autumn 2026 -
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3 - Measuring the Architectural Design Components of a Cultural-Artistic Hangout based on the Interaction of Female Artists and Citizens (Study Area: Women and Family Park in Dezful City)
Maryam Harbian ، Kourosh Momeni * ، Maede MoghadamIssue 61 , Vol. 16 , Autumn 2026 -
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4 - Investigating the Impact of Age-Friendly City Indicators on the Satisfaction Level of the Elderly in Iranian Cities (Case Study: Tehran)
akbar Talebpour * ، mohammad ghasemiIssue 61 , Vol. 16 , Autumn 2026 -
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5 - Elaboration of the conceptual framework of the theory of gender and space through thematic analysis method
Athar Kadivar ، Manouchehr Tabibian * ، hossein kalantari khalil abad ، Mandana YousefiIssue 61 , Vol. 16 , Autumn 2026 -
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6 - Analysis of Factors Affecting the Design of Educational Spaces Based on Islamic Teachings with a Structural Equation Modeling Approach
Mahdi Akhtarkavan *Issue 61 , Vol. 16 , Autumn 2026
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1 - Spatial Developments of Sirjan During Islamic Period Based on the Archaeological Evidences and the Written Historical Resources
hasan karimian ، Ahmad pourahmad ، Zeinab Afzali *Issue 38 , Vol. 10 , Winter 2020 -
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2 - Spatial Dynamics of Islamic City Based on Complexity Theory; Case Study: Tehran Central District
Hossein Hataminejad * ، Ahmad pourahmad ، Keramatalah Zayyari ، Hosein Behbodi MoghadamIssue 37 , Vol. 10 , Autumn 2019 -
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3 - Religious Spaces in the Layout and Fabric of Zoroastrian Cities; Case Study: Yazd
hassan karimian ، Fatemeh karimi *Issue 37 , Vol. 10 , Autumn 2019 -
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4 - Review and Qualitative Content Analysis of the Theoretical Origins of Urban Regeneration
Ahmad Pourahmad * ، Akbar Hamidi ، Hossein Hataminejad ، saeed zanganehIssue 47 , Vol. 13 , Spring 2022 -
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5 - Analysis of the executive system of renovation plans in worn-out urban textures with emphasis on worn-out textures of Tehran; Case study: Safa and Shahid Asadi neighborhoods
Hossein Kalantari Khalilabad * ، Mahdi HaghiIssue 41 , Vol. 11 , Autumn 2020 -
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6 - Elucidation of the physical patterns of contemporary housing based on the contextual architecture in Kashan; Case study: Selected historical houses of the Qajar dynasty
Hossein kalantari * ، Seyed Amir nezam dost ، Ali yaranIssue 38 , Vol. 10 , Winter 2020 -
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7 - Management of Iranian-Islamic Cities with a Knowledge-based City Approach (Case Study: Shiraz)
Mehrab Shahrivar ، hossein kalantari khalil abad * ، Gholamreza LatifiIssue 45 , Vol. 12 , Autumn 2022 -
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8 - The Impact of Megamalls on the Neighborhood Identity in Tehran; Case study: Atlas Mall
Esmaeil Shiee ، Mahsa hajiani *Issue 36 , Vol. 10 , Summer 2019 -
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9 - Evaluation and Ranking of Factors Affecting the Perception of Spirituality Sense in the Interior of Mosques; Case study: Nasir Al-Molk Mosque – Shiraz
MOHAMMADREZA MALEKI ، Qader Bayzidi * ، Ali Yoonessi ، Farzin CharehjooIssue 40 , Vol. 11 , Spring 2020 -
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10 - Identification and explanation effective factors in Fire Stations site selection in run down texture
Ahmad Heydari ، Hamidreza Joudaki *Issue 38 , Vol. 10 , Winter 2020
