Center for Strategic Research (Iran)

Center for Strategic Research (Persian: مرکز تحقیقات استراتژیک) is a leading Iranian think tank on strategy issues. It is the research arm of the Expediency Discernment Council.[1] 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.[2] It was established in 1989. It publishes Foreign Relations Quarterly, Rahbord (Strategy) [3] in Persian and Iranian Review of Foreign Affairs in English.[citation needed]

Center for Strategic Research
AbbreviationCSR
Formation1989
TypeThink tank
HeadquartersTehran
Location
  • Tehran, Iran
Parent organization
Expediency Discernment Council
Websitecsr.ir

Departments

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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

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Presidents
Researchers

References

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  1. ^ RealClearWorld – What Rouhani's Victory Means for Iran
  2. ^ Goodbye Ahmadinejad, hello Rouhani – CNN.com
  3. ^ "Scientific Information Database (SID)". Archived from the original on 2013-03-03. Retrieved 2013-06-22.
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