The Role of Mass Media (particularly National Media) in Supporting Iran's Perspective Documents Strategies

The present article is a documentary study carried out on the role of communications and mass media on development and, particularly, the Islamic Republic of Iran’s 20-year Perspective Document. Given the significance of the issue, the article puts forward the remarkable impacts of media supportive role in terms of development strategies, TV and radio missions and urges the need to pay attention to media influences’ mechanism, values and attitudes ruling public opinions, religion and religious institutions as well as being aware of the contents of Perspective Document and the need to trigger public and elites participation. Addressing all these issues, the writer tries to bring theory close to practice to work out practical results for media people in terms of sustainable development and realization of 20-year Perspective Document.