Center for Strategic Research ( fa, مرکز تحقیقات استراتژیک) was a leading Iranian think tank on

strategy Strategy (from Greek στρατηγία ''stratēgia'', "art of troop leader; office of general, command, generalship") is a general plan to achieve one or more long-term or overall goals under conditions of uncertainty. In the sense of the " ...

issues. It is the research arm of the

Expediency Discernment Council The Expediency Discernment Council of the System ( fa, مجمع تشخیص مصلحت نظام ''Majma'-e Taškhīs-e Maslahat-e Nezām'') is an administrative assembly appointed by the Supreme Leader and was created upon the revision to the Co ...

. The last head of organization was Ali Akbar Velayati who replaced former head

Hassan Rouhani Hassan Rouhani ( fa, حسن روحانی, Standard Persian pronunciation: ; born Hassan Fereydoun ( fa, حسن فریدون, links=no); 12 November 1948) is an Iranian politician who served as the seventh president of Iran from 2013 to 2021. ...

, the former

President of Iran The president of Iran ( fa, رئیس‌جمهور ایران, Rayis Jomhur-e Irān) is the head of government of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The president is the second highest-ranking official of Iran after the Supreme Leader. The president ...

. It was established in 1989. It publishes ''Rahbord'' (Strategy) in Persian and ''National interests'' in English.

Departments

The CSR has six affiliated departments: *

Foreign Policy A state's foreign policy or external policy (as opposed to internal or domestic policy) is its objectives and activities in relation to its interactions with other states, unions, and other political entities, whether bilaterally or through ...

Research Department (This department publishes 3 journals: ''Pazhouhesh'' (Research), ''Gozaresh Tahlili'' (Analytical Report) and ''Gahnameh'' (Periodical Bulletin)) *

International Relations International relations (IR), sometimes referred to as international studies and international affairs, is the scientific study of interactions between sovereign states. In a broader sense, it concerns all activities between states—such ...

Research Department (This department publishes ''Gozaresh Rahbordi'' (Strategic Report)) *

Economic An economy is an area of the production, distribution and trade, as well as consumption of goods and services. In general, it is defined as a social domain that emphasize the practices, discourses, and material expressions associated with th ...

Research Department (This department publishes ''Gozaresh-e Pazhouheshhay-e Eqtesadi'' (Economic Research Report)) *

Cultural Culture () is an umbrella term which encompasses the social behavior, institutions, and norms found in human societies, as well as the knowledge, beliefs, arts, laws, customs, capabilities, and habits of the individuals in these groups.T ...

Research Department (This department publishes ''Gozareshat-e Rahbordi'' (Strategic Reports)) *

Legal Law is a set of rules that are created and are law enforcement, enforceable by social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior,Robertson, ''Crimes against humanity'', 90. with its precise definition a matter of longstanding debate. ...

Research and Jurisprudential Studies Department (Publication: ''Gozaresh-e Rahbordi'' (Strategic Report)) * Executive and Information Department

People

;Presidents *

Mohammad Mousavi Khoeiniha Sayyid Mohammad Mousavi Khoeiniha (born 1945) is an Iranian cleric and secretary general of the reformist Association of Combatant Clerics. He was the founder of the now defunct '' Salam'' and was a member of the Expediency Discernment Council. ...

(1989–1992) *

(1992–2013) * Ali Akbar Velayati (2013–2017) ;Researchers * Saeed Hajjarian

References

External links

Official website
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