Three years since the establishment of the International Institute for Iranian Studies (Rasanah), which is founded and chaired by Dr. Mohammed Alsulami, the institute has taken leading positions on the global rankings for 2018/2019. In the global ranking covering more than 8,200 think tanks and civil society organizations issued by US's University of Pennsylvania, the institute ranked first in Saudi Arabia, ninth in the Middle East and North Africa and was in the 28th position in terms of the best specialized regional studies centers. The institute has been included in the comprehensive global ranking, placed in the 169th position. It is also among the best newly established centers on the annual global ranking for the studies' centers. University of Pennsylvania's report classifies studies centers based on their significance according to some indications. They include managing and regulating the human and intellectual resources, the scientific and intellectual production, the degree of influencing decision-making and steering policies. The report displays the centers ranked globally, across the geographic regions and objective fields of work and production across the world. The program consists of three main stages: stage of nomination and recommendations, stage of accurate ranking and picking experts to begin the final ranking. Final results come out by the end of January each year. — SG