Center for Strategic Studies

For other uses, see Center for Strategic Studies (disambiguation).

Not to be confused with Center for Strategic Research.

Center for Strategic Studies (Persian: مرکز بررسی‌های استراتژیک) is an Iranian think tank on strategy issues. It is the research arm of the Iranian President's office.

Center for Strategic Studies

Abbreviation	CSS
Formation	1997
Type	Think tank
Headquarters	Pasteur Street
Location	Tehran, Iran
President	Mohsen Esmaeili
Website	css.iripo.ir

History

CSS was established in 1997 as a counterpart of Center for Strategic Research.

Heads

• Mohammad Reza Tajik
• Alireza Zaker Esfahani
• Parviz Davoodi
• Hesamodin Ashna
• Ali Rabii
• Mohammad Sadegh Khayatian
• Mostafa Zamanian
• Mohammad Javad Zarif
• Mohsen Esmaeili

Challenges

The center was led by Hesamoddin Ashna in Rouhani's Government, but Ashna resigned after an internal interview with Iran's Foreign Minister Javad Zarif was leaked. ^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]}

Network for Public Policy Studies

The Network for Public Policy Studies was established by the Center in 2015 to advance the study of public policies.^[8]

See also

• Hassan Rouhani
• Mohammad Mousavi Khoeiniha
• Saeed Hajjarian