Investigating the obstacles and challenges of decentralization within the framework of Islamic councils in the Islamic Republic of Iran

The purpose of this study is to assess the obstacles facing desalination in Iran. In this regard, this descriptive-analytical study identified the variables affecting decentralization based on semi-structured interviews and previous studies and based on a questionnaire and a survey of 30 experts in the field of local governance, collected the required information. The method of analysis was based on the method of documentary analysis and also using multi-criteria decision analysis methods. The results of the present study showed that the most important obstacles to decentralization in the institutional political component are the lack of integrated urban management; In the economic component, the country's rent economy; In the sociology-administrative component, the lack of necessary powers of the councils and the lack of participation of the people in the decisions of the councils; In the technological and environmental component, (insufficient use of technologies) and in the legal component, (failure to define an executive guarantee for the implementation of council approvals).