Center for Strategic Research (Iran)

{{Short description|Iranian resarch institute}}

{{distinguish|Center for Strategic Studies}}

{{Infobox organization

| name = Center for Strategic Research

| image = Center for Strategic Research.jpg

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| abbreviation = CSR

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| formation = 1989

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| type = Think tank

| headquarters = Tehran

| location = Tehran, Iran

| parent_organization = Expediency Discernment Council

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| website = [http://www.csr.ir/ csr.ir]

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Center for Strategic Research ({{langx|fa|مرکز تحقیقات استراتژیک}}) is a leading Iranian think tank on strategy issues. It is the research arm of the Iranian state's Expediency Discernment Council.[http://www.realclearworld.com/articles/2013/06/16/what_rouhani_victory_means_for_iran_105244.html RealClearWorld – What Rouhani's Victory Means for Iran] 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.[http://edition.cnn.com/2013/06/15/world/meast/iran-rouhani-profile Goodbye Ahmadinejad, hello Rouhani – CNN.com] It was established in 1989.

It publishes [http://frqjournal.csr.ir/?lang=en Foreign Relations Quarterly], [http://rahbord.csr.ir/?lang=en Rahbord (Strategy)] {{Cite web |url=http://www.sid.ir/en/JournalList.asp?ID=13450&Name=RAHBORD |title=Scientific Information Database (SID) |access-date=2013-06-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130303055144/http://sid.ir/en/JournalList.asp?ID=13450&Name=RAHBORD |archive-date=2013-03-03 |url-status=dead }} in Persian and [http://irfajournal.csr.ir/ Iranian Review of Foreign Affairs] in English.{{citation needed|date=August 2019}}