During a meeting held at the GPTT, the “14 Policies for the 14th Government” policy package was assessed and criticized. Reza Ardakanian, a professor at Sharif University and the former Minister of Energy, stated that inter-sectoral issues cannot be solved with sectoral mechanisms: “Inter-sectoral and institutional mechanisms need to be improved in the core of the government.” He emphasized the importance of managing political knowledge and experience and preventing political disruptions within the government.

Mostafa Zamanian, a professor at Tehran University and the former Head of the Center for Strategic Studies, believed that solving sectoral issues what the ministries should do, the intersectoral issues should be addressed by the government board and First Vice-President of Iran, while beyond-sectoral issues are the main job of the president. Mohamad Reza JalaeiPour, the representative of the Strategic Deputy for the President, emphasized that institutional revolutions are not possible nor sought. The governments need a combination of the strategic deputy, as the theoretical brain of the government, and the First Vice-President, as the executive axis of the government.

Ali Sarzaim, economist and former Deputy for the Ministry of Cooperatives, Labor, and Social Welfare, highlighted that the government needs to decide on its approach to solving the country’s issues. ” The distinctive role of think tanks is generating a roadmap for the government.