The Institute for Political and International Studies (IPIS) (Persian: دفتر مطالعات سیاسی و بین‌المللی) is a foreign policy think tank based in Tehran, Iran and affiliated to Iran's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

[1] The institute has defined its missions within three convergent programs: think-tank and research activities, archive and education.

The IPIS also seeks to assist the national memory of foreign policy in Iran, thanks to the unique archive it hosts and by doing research into this area of study.

As the host of a collection of around 50 million first-hand documents about the history of Iran's foreign relations, the IPIS is dedicated to preserving such national treasure, and provides an invaluable source for research on the history of Iran's foreign relations.

The Institute for Political and International Studies makes the results of its researches and studies available to the public through its publications, books and journals, including the monthly Events and Analyses, and three periodicals of Foreign Policy, Central Asia and the Caucasus, and History of Foreign Relations.