Iran Mehr: The Institute for Social Study and Research was established in 2002 with the effort of a group of university faculty and the permission of the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology, with the intention of responding to the research needs of the country, the development and expansion of development-related study in social, psychological, economic, political, historical and cultural, administrative, and juridical fields in the country and society of Iran. This institute is active in the departments of political science, economics, counseling and psychology, sociology, management, and history.