In recent decades, the issues and problems of cities have become more complex, and integrated urban management requires a transformation and an attitude beyond the attitude and performance of the previous traditional management system. The multiplicity of management and inconsistency of public and private organizations and institutions in charge of urban affairs is one of the basic issues in the field of urban management; Nowadays, the optimal management of cities is not possible without integrated urban management. Realization of management and changes in management approaches happen in a platform known as governance platform. The concept of governance is related to the concept of government, but it is different from it. Instead of focusing on the government, governance flows power inside and outside the official authority and government institutions in the form of three pillars: "Government", "Private Sector" and "Civil Society". In addition, the foundation of governance is the process of decision-making and implementation of decisions, which determines how the three mentioned actors with different priorities and tastes reach harmony. In this way, the topics raised in the category of governance include power and its distribution system, how to make policies, priorities and accountability. In this study, various dimensions of governance and integrated management have been discussed and obstacles and challenges of governance in Iran have been investigated. The results show that components such as "the lack of a city and a basic theory to define the city in Iran", "the lack of formation of a powerful and influential civil society", "the lack of development of the concept of planning in Iran", "the lack of place for the concept of citizenship" , "the place of urban management in the laws and documents of Faradast", "lack of integrity in urban management" and "unstable financing of municipalities and its related problems" are among the most important obstacles in this field (Ashnavar et al., 1400). .