Sec. 4. Regional strategy for countering conventional and asymmetric Iranian activity and threats in the Middle East and North Africa
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Not later than January 10, 2016, and every two years thereafter, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Director of National Intelligence shall jointly develop and submit to the appropriate congressional committees an unclassified ten-year strategy (which may contain a classified annex) to counter conventional and asymmetric Iranian activities and threats in the Middle East, North Africa, and beyond. The strategy shall include at a minimum the following elements:
A summary of the near and long-term United States objectives, plans, and means for building a regional security architecture capable of and committed to countering Iran’s destabilizing activities. A summary of United States objectives for individual country capabilities and contributions to the regional security architecture, including an estimated timeline for achieving desired capabilities, for each member of the Gulf Cooperation Council, Egypt, Jordan, Iraq, and Israel. An assessment of Iran’s grand strategy and objectives for the Middle East region, and an assessment of anticipated modifications to Iranian objectives, policies, and activities for achieving the grand strategy.
An assessment of Iran’s conventional force capabilities, and an assessment of Iranian plans to upgrade its conventional force capabilities, including its acquisition, development, and deployment of ballistic and cruise missile capabilities, unmanned aerial vehicles, and maritime offensive and anti-access/area denial capabilities, at 5, 8, and 10 years following the date of the enactment of this Act. An assessment of Iran’s chemical and biological weapons capabilities, and an assessment of Iranian plans to upgrade its chemical and biological weapons capabilities.
An assessment of Iran’s asymmetric activities in the region, including— the size, capabilities, and activities of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, including the Quds Force; the size, capabilities, and activities of Iran’s cyber operations; the types and amount of support, including funding, lethal and non-lethal contributions, and training, provided to Hezbollah, Hamas, special groups in Iraq, the Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria, Houthi fighters in Yemen, and other violent groups across the Middle East; the scope and objectives of Iranian information operations and use of propaganda; and an assessment of anticipated modifications by Iran to the activities described in subparagraphs
(A)through
(D)over the course of the next 10 to 15 years. An assessment of Iran’s strategy regarding other countries in the region, including Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Yemen, the Palestinian territories, and the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council, and an assessment of any anticipated modifications to objectives, policies, and activities for achieving the grand strategy. A description of current and planned activities, engagements, exercises, military sales, training, intelligence and surveillance support, and other forms of security assistance and cooperation for United States partners and allies in the region, in order to actively counter current Iranian conventional and asymmetric threats described under paragraphs
(3)through (7), as well as to prepare for evolving threats from Iran over the course of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, including an assessment of the impact of activities described in paragraph
(7)on Israel’s qualitative military edge. An outline of United States authorities, planning, and actions, unilaterally and in cooperation with foreign governments, to counter threats from Iran’s conventional force capabilities described under paragraph (4). An outline, including specific examples, of United States authorities, planning, and actions, unilaterally and in cooperation with foreign governments, to counter Iran’s threat network described under subparagraphs
(A)through
(E)of paragraph
(6)and paragraph (7), including— interdiction of Iranian lethal arms bound for groups designated as foreign terrorist organizations by the United States under section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1189 ); interdiction of Iranian activities and prevention of Iranian harassment or interference in international commercial shipping lanes; countering Iranian attempts to undermine or subvert internationally recognized governments in the Middle East region; and countering Iran’s support for the regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria, including— financial assistance, military equipment and personnel, and other support provided to that regime; and support and direction to other armed actors that are not Syrian or Iranian and are acting on behalf of that regime. A review of individual country contributions to the regional security architecture. A review of efforts to counter Iran’s conventional and asymmetric capabilities in the Middle East and North Africa. An assessment of the commitment and capabilities of United States allies and partners to countering Iran’s conventional and asymmetric capabilities in the Middle East and North Africa.
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