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The purpose of this study is providing a framework for the evaluation of process and content of development programs and evaluating the fourth and fifth law development program of Iran. Policy evaluation is one the most important measures in the policy cycle and is implemented with the purpose of learning from the results of stage. Given the wide dimensions of policy making, achieving a model for evaluating policy is faced with many complexities. In this study with reviewing previous experiences in the field of policy evaluation, an integrated model for evaluating policy, is presented from two main aspects of the process and the content and then with using this model, the Fourth Program and... 

The main objective of the current study is to investigate the impacts of environmental evolutions at global scale on Iran's environmental planning. Thereby, all political movements towards solving environmental issues in Iran were accurately reviewed to find out the impressibility of the events by the global environmental evolutions. The findings indicated that Iran has joined the conventions and protocols with a time lag. During the period 1948-1993, the mean time lag between holding an international convention until its approval in Iran was eleven years while from 1994 to 2007, the average lag time was shortened to four years. As the results show, attention to environmental issues was... 

In keeping with the continuing effort toward the development of a domestic space research and development program in recent years, the Omid National Satellite (ONS) is the first domestically manufactured satellite from the Islamic Republic of Iran. As a technology demonstration, it was launched and utilized successfully in February 2009. Despite the simple mission of the ONS, because it was the first full-scale successful space deployment experience for the country, the domestic manufacturing capabilities for satellite and launch technologies were boosted. More importantly, the country's domestic platform for future space projects was established. Considering the important role of systems...