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{{Infobox organization
|name         = Center for Strategic Studies
|image        = Logo of Center for Strategic Studies.png
|caption      =
|abbreviation = CSS
|motto        =
|formation    = 1997
|type         = [[Think tank]]
|headquarters = [[Pasteur Street]]
|location     = Tehran, Iran
|leader_title = President
|leader_name  = [[Mohammad Javad Zarif]]
|budget       =
|website      = [http://www.css.ir/ css.ir]
}}
'''Center for Strategic Studies''' ({{langx|fa|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 (Iran)|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. <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://apnews.com/article/middle-east-iran-religion-government-and-politics-409d57e4ce1c4320e45c8b4d59168645|title=Shakeup in Iran's presidential office after leaked FM tape|website=[[Associated Press]]|date=29 April 2021}}</ref><ref>[https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2014-05-22/iran-s-hardliners-fall-into-line-backing-zarif-in-nuclear-talks Iran’s Hardliners Fall Into Line Backing Zarif in Nuclear Talks]</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ir.undp.org/content/iran/en/home/presscenter/articles/2016/02/21/oining-forces-to-save-iran-s-drying-wetlands.html |title=Joining forces to save Iran’s drying wetlands |access-date=2017-01-16 |archive-date=2017-08-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170810015613/http://www.ir.undp.org/content/iran/en/home/presscenter/articles/2016/02/21/oining-forces-to-save-iran-s-drying-wetlands.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[https://www.intelligenceonline.com/government-intelligence/2016/06/01/inter-army-cooperation-explored,108162195-ART  Inter-army cooperation explored]</ref><ref>[http://www.agi.it/international/2016/01/26/news/exhibition_celebrates_italy_and_irans_archeological_work-454783/  Exhibition celebrates Italy and Iran's archeological work]</ref><ref>[https://iranwire.com/en/features/1727 Khamenei goes Ballistic over Missile Tests]</ref><ref>[http://iranprimer.usip.org/blog/2014/aug/12/irans-leaders-iraq-crisis-and-isis Iran's Leaders on Iraq Crisis and ISIS]</ref>

==See also==
* [[Hassan Rouhani]]
* [[Mohammad Mousavi Khoeiniha]]
* [[Saeed Hajjarian]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.css.ir/ Center for Strategic Studies] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081102081038/http://www.css.ir/ |date=2008-11-02 }}

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