ghanistan or to provide humanitarian assistance 
to the Afghan people; 
(2) have materially assisted, sponsored, or pro-
vided financial, material, logistical, or technical sup-
port for, or goods or services in support of, such an 
act or acts of violence or any person or entity whose 
property and interests in property are blocked pur-
suant this subsection; or 
(3) be owned or controlled by, or to have acted 
or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or 
indirectly, any person whose property and interests 
in property are blocked pursuant to this subsection. 
(b) DESCRIPTION OF PROHIBITIONS.—The prohibi-
tions described in subsection (a) include— 
(1) the making of any contribution or provision 
of funds, goods, or services by, to, or for the benefit 
of any person whose property and interests in prop-
erty are blocked; and 
(2) the receipt of any contribution or provision 
of funds, goods, or services from any such person. 
(c) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—An increase in both the 
quantity and quality of Iranian arms shipments and tech-
nological expertise to the Iraqi insurgents, the Taliban, 
other terrorist organizations, and criminal elements has 
the potential to significantly change the battlefield in both 
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Iraq and Afghanistan, and lead to a large increase in 
United States, International Security Assistance Force, 
Coalition, and Iraqi and Afghan casualties. 
SEC. 303. UNITED STATES POLICY TOWARD IRAN. 
(a) NATIONAL STRATEGY REQUIRED.—The Presi-
dent shall develop a strategy, to be known as the ‘‘Na-
tional Strategy to Counter Iran’’ that provides strategic 
guidance for activities that support the objective of ad-
dressing, countering, and containing the threats posed by 
Iran. 
(b) ANNUAL REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than January 30 
of each year, the President shall transmit to the ap-
propriate congressional committees in Congress a re-
port on the current and future strategy of the 
United States toward Iran, and the implementation 
of the National Strategy to Counter Iran required 
under subsection (a). 
(2) FORM.—If the President considers it appro-
priate, the report required under this subsection, or 
appropriate parts thereof, may be transmitted in 
classified form. 
(c) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The report re-
quired under subsection (b) shall include a description of 
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the security posture and objectives of Iran, including at 
least the following: 
(1) A description and assessment of Iranian 
grand strategy and security strategy, including— 
(A) the goals of Iran’s grand strategy and 
security strategy, and strategic objectives; and 
(B) Iranian strategy to achieve such objec-
tives in the Middle East, Europe, Africa, West-
ern Hemisphere, and Asia. 
(2) An assessment of the capabilities of Iran’s 
conventional forces and Iran’s unconventional forces, 
including— 
(A) the size and capabilities of Iran’s con-
ventional forces and Iran’s unconventional 
forces; 
(B) an analysis of the formal and informal 
national command authority for Iran’s conven-
tional forces and Iran’s unconventional forces; 
(C) the size and capability of Iranian for-
eign and domestic intelligence and special oper-
ations units, including the Iranian Revolu-
tionary Guard Corps-Quds Force; 
(D) a description and analysis of Iranian 
military doctrine; 
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(E) the types and amount of support, in-
cluding funding, lethal and nonlethal supplies, 
and training, provided to groups designated by 
the United States as foreign terrorist organiza-
tions and regional militant groups; and 
(F) an estimate of the levels of funding 
and funding and procurement sources by Iran 
to develop and support Iran’s conventional 
forces and Iran’s unconventional forces. 
(3) An assessment of Iranian strategy and ca-
pabilities related to nuclear, unconventional, and 
missile forces development, including— 
(A) a summary and analysis of nuclear 
weapons capabilities; 
(B) an estimate of the amount and sources 
of funding expended by, and an analysis of pro-
curement networks utilized by, Iran to develop 
its nuclear weapons capabilities; 
(C) a summary of the capabilities of Iran’s 
unconventional weapons and Iran’s ballistic 
missile forces and Iran’s cruise missile forces, 
including developments in the preceding year, 
the size of Iran’s ballistic missile forces and 
Iran’s cruise missile forces, and the locations of 
missile launch sites; 
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(D) a detailed analysis of the effectiveness 
of Iran’s unconventional weapons and Iran’s 
ballistic missile forces and Iran’s cruise missile 
forces; and 
(E) an estimate of the amount and sources 
of funding expended by, and an analysis of pro-
curement networks utilized by, Iran on pro-
grams to develop a capability to develop uncon-
ventional weapons and Iran’s ballistic missile 
forces and Iran’s cruise missile forces. 
(4) The Government of Iran’s economic strat-
egy, including— 
(A) sources of funding for the activities of 
the Government of Iran described in this sec-
tion; 
(B) the role of the Government of Iran in 
the formal and informal sector of the domestic 
Iranian economy; 
(C) evasive and other efforts by the Gov-
ernment of Iran to circumvent international 
and bilateral sanctions regimes; 
(D) the effect of bilateral and multilateral 
sanctions on the ability of Iran to implement its 
grand strategy and security strategy described 
in paragraph (1); and 
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(E) Iran’s strategy and efforts to leverage 
economic and political influence, cooperation, 
and activities in the Middle East Europe, Afri-
ca, Western Hemisphere, and Asia. 
(5) Key vulnerabilities identified in paragraph 
(1), and an implementation plan for the National 
Strategy to Counter Iran required under subsection 
(a). 
(d) CLASSIFIED
ANNEX.—The reports required 
under subsection (b) shall be in unclassified form to the 
greatest extent possible, and may include a classified 
annex where necessary. 
SEC. 304. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title: 
(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 
Committee on Armed Services, the Committee 
on Appropriations, and the Permanent Select 
Committee on Intelligence of the House of Rep-
resentatives; and 
(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations, 
the Committee on Armed Services, the Com-
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