Center for Strategic Research ( fa, مرکز تحقیقات استراتژیک) was a leading Iranian think tank on
strategy
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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
Ali Akbar Velayati ( fa, علیاکبر ولایتی ; born 24 June 1945, Tehran) is an Iranian conservative politician and physician. He is currently member of the Expediency Discernment Council. Velayati is a distinguished professor at Shah ...
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 i ...
. It was established in 1989.
It publishes ''Rahbord'' (Strategy)
in Persian and ''National interests'' in English.
Departments
The CSR has six affiliated departments:
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Foreign Policy
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Research Department (This department publishes 3 journals: ''Pazhouhesh'' (Research), ''Gozaresh Tahlili'' (Analytical Report) and ''Gahnameh'' (Periodical Bulletin))
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International Relations
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Research Department (This department publishes ''Gozaresh Rahbordi'' (Strategic Report))
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Economic
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Research Department (This department publishes ''Gozaresh-e Pazhouheshhay-e Eqtesadi'' (Economic Research Report))
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Cultural
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Research Department (This department publishes ''Gozareshat-e Rahbordi'' (Strategic Reports))
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Legal
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Research and
Jurisprudential Studies Department (Publication: ''Gozaresh-e Rahbordi'' (Strategic Report))
* Executive and Information Department
People
;Presidents
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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.
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(1989–1992)
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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. ...
(1992–2013)
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Ali Akbar Velayati
Ali Akbar Velayati ( fa, علیاکبر ولایتی ; born 24 June 1945, Tehran) is an Iranian conservative politician and physician. He is currently member of the Expediency Discernment Council. Velayati is a distinguished professor at Shah ...
(2013–2017)
;Researchers
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Saeed Hajjarian
Saeed Hajjarian ( fa, سعید حجاریان, born 1954) is an Iranian reformist political strategist, journalist, pro-democracy activist and former intelligence officer. He was a member of Tehran's city council, and advisor to president Mohamma ...
References
External links
Official website
Political research institutes
1989 establishments in Iran
Research institutes established in 1989
Research institutes in Iran
Think tanks based in Iran
2017 disestablishments in Iran
Research institutes disestablished in 2017
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