Center for Strategic Research (Iran)

Not to be confused with Center for Strategic Studies.

Center for Strategic Research or Institute for Strategic Research (Persian: مرکز تحقیقات استراتژیک) is a leading Iranian think tank on strategy issues.^[1] It is the research arm of the Iranian state's Expediency Discernment Council.^[2] Prof. Mohammad Reza Majidi is the head of center. Before that, the head of organization was Ali Akbar Velayati who replaced former head Hassan Rouhani, the former President of Iran.^[3] It was established in 1989.It publishes Foreign Relations Quarterly, Rahbord (Strategy) ^[4] in Persian and Iranian Review of Foreign Affairsin English.^[5]

Center for Strategic Research

Abbreviation	CSR
Formation	1989
Type	Think tank
Headquarters	Tehran
Location	Tehran, Iran
Parent organization	Expediency Discernment Council
Website	csr.ir

Departments

The CSR has six affiliated departments:

• Politics and International Relations Research Department (This department publishes 3 scientific journals: Foreign Relations Quarterly, A quarterly Journal of Strategy, Iranian Review of Foreign Affairs).
• Infrastructure and Production Research Department (This department publishes Gozaresh Rahbordi (Strategic Report))
• Economic Research Department (This department publishes Gozaresh-e Pazhouheshhay-e Eqtesadi (Economic Research Report))
• Cultural Research Department (This department publishes Gozareshat-e Rahbordi (Strategic Reports))
• Legal Research and Jurisprudential Studies Department (Publication: Gozaresh-e Rahbordi (Strategic Report))
• Executive and Information Department

People

Presidents

• Mohammad Mousavi Khoeiniha (1989–1992)
• Hassan Rouhani (1992–2013)
• Ali Akbar Velayati (2013–2017)

Researchers

• Saeed Hajjarian