Center for Strategic Studies

For other uses, see Center for Strategic Studies (disambiguation).

Not to be confused with Center for Strategic Research.

Center for Strategic Studies

Abbreviation	CSS
Formation	1997
Type	Think tank
Headquarters	Pasteur Street
Location	Tehran, Iran
President	Mohammad Javad Zarif
Website	css.ir

Center for Strategic Studies (Persian: مرکز بررسی‌های استراتژیک) is an Iranian think tank on strategy issues. It is the research arm of the Iranian President's office.

History

CSS was established in 1997 as a counterpart of Center for Strategic Research.

Heads

• Mohammad Reza Tajik
• Alireza Zaker Esfahani
• Parviz Davoodi
• Hesamodin Ashna
• Ali Rabii
• Mohammad Sadegh Khayatian
• Mostafa Zamanian
• Mohammad Javad Zarif

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. ^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]}

See also

• Hassan Rouhani
• Mohammad Mousavi Khoeiniha
• Saeed Hajjarian

References

1. "Shakeup in Iran's presidential office after leaked FM tape". Associated Press. 29 April 2021.
2. Iran’s Hardliners Fall Into Line Backing Zarif in Nuclear Talks
3. "Joining forces to save Iran's drying wetlands". Archived from the original on 2017-08-10. Retrieved 2017-01-16.
4. Inter-army cooperation explored
5. Exhibition celebrates Italy and Iran's archeological work
6. Khamenei goes Ballistic over Missile Tests
7. Iran's Leaders on Iraq Crisis and ISIS

External links

• Center for Strategic Studies Archived 2008-11-02 at the Wayback Machine