Center for Strategic Research (Iran)

Center for Strategic Research

Abbreviation	CSR
Formation	1989
Type	Think tank
Headquarters	Tehran
Location	Tehran, Iran
Parent organization	Expediency Discernment Council
Website	csr.ir

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]}