Center for Strategic Research (Iran)

Center for Strategic Research is a leading Iranian think tank on strategy issues. It is the research arm of the Expediency Discernment Council. 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. It was established in 1989. It publishes Foreign Relations Quarterly, Rahbord (Strategy) in Persian and Iranian Review of Foreign Affairs in English.

Departments
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

 * Presidents
 * Mohammad Mousavi Khoeiniha (1989–1992)
 * Hassan Rouhani (1992–2013)
 * Ali Akbar Velayati (2013–2017)
 * Researchers


 * Saeed Hajjarian