Center for Strategic Studies ( fa, مرکز بررسیهای استراتژیک) is an Iranian
think tank
A think tank, or policy institute, is a research institute that performs research and advocacy concerning topics such as social policy, political strategy, economics, military, technology, and culture. Most think tanks are non-governmenta ...
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 "art ...
issues. It is the research arm of the
Iranian President
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 ...
's office.
The current head of organization is
Mohammadsadegh Khayatian
Mohammad-Sadegh Khayatian (born 1980) is an Iranian policy analyst and assistant professor of science and technology at Shahid Beheshti University. Ebrahim Raisi, Iranian president, appointed Mohammad Sadegh Khayatian as head of the Center for Str ...
.
History
CSS was established in 1997 as a counterpart of
Center for Strategic Research.
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.
Iran's Leaders on Iraq Crisis and ISIS
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See also
* 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. ...
* 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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* 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
Center for Strategic Studies
Political research institutes
1997 establishments in Iran
Research institutes established in 1997
Research institutes in Iran
Think tanks based in Iran
Public policy in Iran
Strategic studies
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