global innovation index and the study of Iran's weaknesses and strengths in these indices

Today, the role and importance of innovation in the domestic and international developments of the countries is so obvious. Evaluation of innovation at the national level is crucial for policymaking in this area. For this reason, extensive studies have been conducted in this area. In the Islamic republic of Iran, by determining the "innovation and development" as the slogan of the year 2008 and public announcement by the Supreme Leader and the mobilization of internal capacity to develop the infrastructure for innovation, the importance of the above-mentioned issue has been shown more than before. In the next years, this strategic slogan was stressed in a statement by Supreme Leader with phrases such as "This is a true slogan and innovation is a need for current movement of the country". In recent years, the "resistance economy" has been noticed as a strategy in macro policies of the Islamic Republic of Iran, which is the most important pillar of the knowledge-based economy. Therefore targeted guidance of innovation at the national level as a critical need is desired at present. Development of the National Innovation is possible by purposeful interaction of some institutions. This institution can promote and develop innovation in the form of a dynamic and productive system in case of targeted integration and communication among themselves. In this paper, the innovation capacity of Iran is evaluated according to the Global Innovation Index to present proper analysis of Iran’s position in innovation according to the world reliable information so policy makers are able to decide for future.