Investigating and Analyzing the Hidden Dimensions of Spatial Segregation in Tabriz and Elucidating Its Prominent Components

Project Contract No. and Date:
Contract No.: P/M/6-266
Date: December 15, 2025 (24 Azar 1404)
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Client:
Research Center of the Islamic Council of Tabriz Metropolis

Consultant:
Office of Scientific and Industrial Cooperation, Iran University of Science and Technology (IUST)

Principal Investigator (PI):
Dr. Reza Kheiraldin
Faculty Member, School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Iran University of Science and Technology

Research Team:

• Armin Taherzadeh
• Dr. Mehran Ali-Hesabi
• Fariba Maleki
• Seyedeh Fatemeh Momeni

Revision of the Approach, Framework, and Criteria for the Identification of Urban Agglomerations and the Preparation of Urban Agglomeration Development Plans, Including the Formulation of Criteria for Delineating City-Region Boundaries

Project Contract No. and Date:
Contract No. 645
Date: December 14, 2013 (23 Azar 1392)
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Client:
Deputy for Urban Planning and Architecture, Ministry of Roads and Urban Development (MRUD)

Consultant:
Office of Scientific and Industrial Cooperation, Iran University of Science and Technology (IUST)

Principal Investigator (PI):
Dr. Reza Kheiraldin
Faculty Member, School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Iran University of Science and Technology

Research Team:

• Eng. Fariba Maleki
• Eng. Mansour Zand
• Eng. Javad Kamali
• Eng. Mehdi Magharian
• Dr. Majid Doroudian
• Dr. Yaser Sobhanifard
• Dr. Morteza Bagheri
• Dr. Pardis Salarian

Assessment of Urban Parks in Tehran’s District 13 and Development of Strategies to Enhance Their Use and User Presence

Project Contract No. and Date:
Contract No. 542827/137
Date: June 23, 2022 (2 Tir 1401)
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Client:
Tehran Urban Studies and Planning Center (TUSPC)

Consultant:
Office of Scientific and Industrial Cooperation, Iran University of Science and Technology (IUST)

Principal Investigator (PI):
Dr. Reza Kheiraldin
Faculty Member, School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Iran University of Science and Technology

Research Team:

• Eng. Javad Kamali
• Eng. Yasamin Parikhan
• Eng. Nima Yousefi
• Eng. Seyedeh Fatemeh Momeni

Comprehensive Physical Development Plan for Amirabad Port Special Economic Zone

Project Contract No. and Date:
Contract No. 7839/20/S
Date: February 6, 2021 (18 Bahman 1399)
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Client:
General Directorate of Ports, Maritime Affairs and Amirabad Port Special Economic Zone

Consultant:
Office of Scientific and Industrial Cooperation, Iran University of Science and Technology (IUST)

Principal Investigator (PI):
Dr. Reza Kheiraldin
Faculty Member, School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Iran University of Science and Technology

Research Team:

• Dr. Mehran Aliolhesabi
• Dr. Barat Mojarradi
• Eng. Javad Kamali
• Eng. Mansour Zand
• Eng. Mehdi Magharian

Revision of Iran’s Spatial Planning System with an Emphasis on Urban Development Plans

Project Contract No. and Date:
Contract No. 159/300/D/99
Date: November 1, 2020 (11 Aban 1399)
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Client:
Deputy for Urban Planning and Architecture, Ministry of Roads and Urban Development (MRUD)

Consultant:
Office of Scientific and Industrial Cooperation, Iran University of Science and Technology (IUST)

Principal Investigator (PI):
Dr. Reza Kheiraldin
Faculty Member, School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Iran University of Science and Technology

Research Team:

• Dr. Maedeh Hedayatifard
• Dr. Naser Barati
• Dr. Majid Doroudian
• Dr. Mohammad Saleh Shokouhi
• Dr. Pardis Salarian
• Dr. Majid Kamali
• Eng. Fariba Maleki
• Eng. Sepideh Momeni

Visual Landscape Management and Enhancement Program for the National Railway Network

Project Contract No. and Date:
Contract No. 43735/32/S
Date: June 21, 2017 (31 Khordad 1396)
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Client:
General Directorate of Buildings and Facilities, Islamic Republic of Iran Railways (RAI)

Consultant:
Office of Scientific and Industrial Cooperation, Iran University of Science and Technology (IUST)

Principal Investigator (PI):
Dr. Reza Kheiraldin
Faculty Member, School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Iran University of Science and Technology

Research Team:

• Eng. Mansour Zand
• Eng. Javad Kamali
• Dr. Aida Al Hashemi
• Eng. Mehdi Magharian
• Eng. Hamid Samadi Rezaei
• Eng. Mojtaba Rajabi
• Dr. Ahmad Ali Namdarian

Research Project on Assessing the Role of Virtual Communications in the Spatial–Physical Structure of the National Urban Network

Project Contract No. and Date:
Contract No. 36219/S/93
Date: September 14, 2014 (23 Shahrivar 1393)
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Client:
Iran National Science Foundation (INSF), Vice Presidency for Science and Technology

Consultant:
Office of Scientific and Industrial Cooperation, Iran University of Science and Technology (IUST)

Principal Investigator (PI):
Dr. Reza Kheiraldin
Faculty Member, School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Iran University of Science and Technology

Research Team:

• Eng. Omid Khazaeian
• Dr. Shahin Heydari

Assessment of Centralization and Decentralization Trends in the Tehran Metropolitan Region: An Analysis of the Role of Parand New Town

Project Contract No. and Date:
Contract No. 579/160
Date: April 4, 2014 (15 Farvardin 1393)
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Client:
Tehran Urban Studies and Planning Center (TUSPC)

Consultant:
Office of Scientific and Industrial Cooperation, Iran University of Science and Technology (IUST)

Principal Investigator (PI):
Dr. Reza Kheiraldin
Faculty Member, School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Iran University of Science and Technology

Research Team:

• Vahid Hakimzadeh Asl
• Reza Piroozi

Jundishapur Iran–France International Research Program: Metropolitanization of Metropolitan Regions—A Comparative Study of the New Towns of Eastern Tehran and Paris

Project Contract No. and Date:
Contract No. 645
Date: December 14, 2013 (23 Azar 1392)
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Client:
International Center for Research and Cooperation (ICRP), Ministry of Science, Research and Technology (MSRT)

Consultant:
Office of Scientific and Industrial Cooperation, Iran University of Science and Technology (IUST)

Principal Investigator (PI):
Dr. Reza Kheiraldin
Faculty Member, School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Iran University of Science and Technology

Research Team:

• Atefeh Soleimani
• Mehdi Naderi
• Prof. Denis Martouzet
• Mme. Nathalie Brevet
• Mlle. Mariem Maalej

Analyzing the Impacts of Virtual Communications on the City and Urban Life: Electronic Spaces and Urban Places

Project Contract No. and Date:
Contract No. 842/160
Date: April 4, 2013 (15 Farvardin 1392)
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Client:
Tehran Urban Studies and Planning Center (TUSPC)

Consultant:
Office of Scientific and Industrial Cooperation, Iran University of Science and Technology (IUST)

Principal Investigator (PI):
Dr. Reza Kheiraldin
Faculty Member, School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Iran University of Science and Technology

Research Team:

• Omid Khazaeian
• Arman Nasiri

 

Impacts of the Informal Economy on the Spatial–Physical Transformation of Border Regions: Sustainable Development Approaches for Baneh Border County

Project Contract No. and Date:
Contract No. 190/160
Date: April 3, 2012 (15 Farvardin 1391)
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Client:
International Center for Research and Cooperation (ICRP), Ministry of Science, Research and Technology (MSRT)

Consultant:
Office of Scientific and Industrial Cooperation, Iran University of Science and Technology (IUST)
Dr. Reza Kheiraldin
Faculty Member, School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Iran University of Science and Technology

Research Team:

• Mehdi Razpour
• Walter Leimgruber

 

Urban Network Formation in Metropolitan Regions: New Towns of the Tehran Metropolitan Region—From Conceptualization to the Analysis of Regionalization Processes

Project Contract No. and Date:
Contract No. 1098/160
Date: April 4, 2011 (15 Farvardin 1390)
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Client:
Tehran Urban Studies and Planning Center (TUSPC)

Consultant:
Office of Scientific and Industrial Cooperation, Iran University of Science and Technology (IUST)

Principal Investigator (PI):
Dr. Reza Kheiraldin
Faculty Member, School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Iran University of Science and Technology

Research Team:

• Reza Piroozi
• Mehdi Naderi

 

Institutional Vulnerability Assessment of the Governance Relationship Between the City Council and the Municipal Administration

Project Contract No. and Date:
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Client:
Tehran Urban Studies and Planning Center (TUSPC)

Consultant:
Office of Scientific and Industrial Cooperation, Iran University of Science and Technology (IUST)

Principal Investigator (PI):
Dr. Reza Kheiraldin
Faculty Member, School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Iran University of Science and Technology

Research Team:

• Ebrahim Delaei Milan
• Gholamreza Kamyar