Simin Abafat, Mahdi Abafat and Meysam Abafat
Abstract
While based on the overall development program of the country it is expected that metropolitan areas of Iran to have outstanding transnational roles, their current status do not meet such expectations; although metropolitan areas of Iran enjoy high geographic capabilities and socio-economic potentials for obtaining transnational roles and leading National and Regional development. Their prosperity requisites are to be changed into creative cities. This article studies the features of creative cities and their requisites and also metropolitan areas of Iran have been discussed on the basis of their own unique geopolitical features for being changed into creative cities.