ANNUAL REPORT ON MILITARY POWER OF IRAN.

SEC. 1245. ANNUAL REPORT ON MILITARY POWER OF IRAN.(a) Annual Report.—Not later than January 30 of each year, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a report, in both classified and unclassified form, on the current and future military strategy of Iran.(b) Matters to Be Included.—The report required under subsection (a) shall include a description of the security posture of Iran, including at least the following:(1) A description and assessment of Iranian grand strategy, security strategy, and military strategy, including—(A) the goals of Iran’s grand strategy, security strategy, and military strategy.(B) trends in Iran’s strategy that would be designed to establish Iran as the leading power in the Middle East and to enhance the influence of Iran in other regions of the world; and(C) Iranian strategy regarding other countries in the region, including other specified countries.(2) An assessment of the capabilities of Iran’s conventional forces, including—(A) the size and capabilities of Iran’s conventional forces;(B) an analysis of the effectiveness of Iran’s conventional forces when facing United States forces in the region and other specified countries;(C) a description of Iranian military doctrine; and(D) an estimate of the funding provided for each branch of Iran’s conventional forces.(3) An assessment of Iran’s unconventional forces and related activities, including—(A) the size and capability of Iranian special operations units, including the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps–Quds Force;(B) the types and amount of support, including funding, lethal and non-lethal supplies, and training, provided to groups designated by the United States as foreign terrorist organizations and regional militant groups, including Hezbollah, Hamas, and the Special Groups in Iraq, in particular those forces as having been assessed as to be willing to carry out terrorist operations on behalf of Iran or in response to a military attack by another country on Iran;(C) an analysis of the effectiveness of Iran’s unconventional forces when facing United States forces in the region and other specified countries in the region; and(D) an estimate of the amount of funds spent by Iran to develop and support special operations forces and terrorist groups.(4) An assessment of Iranian capabilities related to nuclear and missile forces, including—123 STAT. 2543(A) a summary of nuclear weapons capabilities and developments in the preceding year;(B) a summary of the capabilities of Iran’s ballistic 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;(C) a detailed analysis of the effectiveness of Iran’s ballistic missile forces and Iran’s cruise missile forces when facing United States forces in the region and other specified countries; and(D) an estimate of the amount of funding expended by Iran since 2004 on programs to develop a capability to build nuclear weapons or to enhance Iran’s ballistic missile forces.(c) Definitions.—In this section:(1) Iran’s conventional forces.—The term “Iran’s conventional forces”—(A) means military forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran designed to conduct operations on sea, air, or land, other than Iran’s unconventional forces and Iran’s ballistic missile forces and Iran’s cruise missile forces; and(B) includes Iran’s Army, Iran’s Air Force, Iran’s Navy, and elements of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, other than the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps–Quds Force.(2) Iran’s unconventional forces.—The term “Iran’s unconventional forces”—(A) means forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran that carry out missions typically associated with special operations forces; and(B) includes—(i) the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps–Quds Force; and(ii) any organization that—(I) has been designated a terrorist organization by the United States;(II) receives assistance from Iran; and(III)(aa) is assessed as being willing in some or all cases of carrying out attacks on behalf of Iran; or(bb) is assessed as likely to carry out attacks in response to a military attack by another country on Iran.(3) Iran’s ballistic missile forces.—The term “Iran’s ballistic missile forces” means those elements of the military forces of Iran that employ ballistic missiles.(4) Iran’s cruise missile forces.—The term “Iran’s cruise missile forces” means those elements of the military forces of Iran that employ cruise missiles capable of flights less than 500 kilometers.(5) Specified countries.—The term “specified countries” means the countries in the same geographic region as Iran, including Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Iraq, Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Bahrain, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Armenia, and Azerbaijan.123 STAT. 2544(d) Termination.—The requirement to submit the report required under subsection (a) shall terminate on December 31, 2014.