This review took place in 2017 and 2018 within the context of implementation of the 2014 Health Transformation Plan (HTP). The impetus for reviewing participatory governance of the health sector in the Islamic Republic of Iran was the specific emphasis given in the HTP on social affairs; with it came the need to gain more insight into which participatory platforms in health work well and which work less well and why. Findings are grouped into three areas of participatory governance.