the development plan and the outlook of the institute has been defined as follows: with reliance on god's eternal power and in the light of faith and common wisdom, through hard work, systematic, continuous and target oriented efforts, and with the aim of realizing the ideals of the islamic revolution in a twenty-year perspective plan, «the institute for humanities and cultural studies has been established as an organization that enjoys pioneering, knowledgeable, efficient, well-inspired and effective human resources who are committed to the development and efficiency of humanities, have theoretical and practical authority, are responsive to the scientific and technological needs of the society, and are engaged constructively in national, regional, asian, and international scientific collaborations». in this plan, the mission of the institute has been defined as follows: «the institute for humanities and cultural studies is a scientific-research organization affiliated to the ministry of science, research, and technology and aims at achieving the higher goals of the islamic republic of iran in humanities, culture and civilization of iran and islam, in coordination with the national system of innovation, in order to create and develop networks of human sciences at the national level and help research in humanities to achieve excellence at the highest level of scientific development in asia».