The History of Villages and Rural Settlements in Iran and Islam

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“The History of Villages and Rural Settlement in Iran and  Islamic”

The journal History of Villages and Rural Settlement in Iran and  Islam is published by Imam Khomeini International University. It obtained its official publication license from the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance of the Islamic Republic of Iran on 31 Mordad 1401 (corresponding to 22 August 2022).

This journal is published on a quarterly basis and follows an open-access policy, providing free access to the full texts of its articles. It employs a double-blind peer-review system for the evaluation of submitted manuscripts and disseminates the research findings of university faculty members, researchers, and graduate students engaged in scholarly research.

In the 1403 (2024/2025) evaluation conducted by the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology, the journal was awarded Scientific Rank “B.”

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For information on the guidelines and procedures for manuscript submission and acceptance, please refer to the Authors’ Guidelines section.

All stages of manuscript handling—including submission, peer review, revision, acceptance or rejection, and final publication—are carried out exclusively through the journal’s website.

All manuscripts submitted to this quarterly journal are subject to plagiarism/similarity checking.

This quarterly journal does not charge authors any fees for the peer review or publication of manuscripts.

Completion and submission of the Authors’ Declaration Form and the Conflict of Interest Form are mandatory for all authors.

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This journal adheres to Open Access policies; accordingly, all articles are freely available for reading, downloading, and distribution without any legal, financial, or technical barriers.