Center for Strategic Research (Iran)

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

  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.