Congress has mandated that the executive branch provide it with significant amounts of information related to Iran via singular and recurring reporting requirements. Iran-related issues about which Congress has mandated executive branch reporting include Iran’s missile and drone activities and the capability of U.S. forces and U.S. partners to counter those threats; Iran’s support for terrorist and other armed groups across the Middle East, including the resources Iran dedicates to supporting those groups; Iran’s nuclear program, including uranium enrichment and possible nuclear weapons development; U.S. sanctions on Iran; Human rights in Iran and the Iranian government’s efforts to target dissidents at home and abroad; Iran’s relations with North Korea, the People’s Republic of China (China, or PRC), and other countries; and Iranian leaders’ assets. Reflecting the broad array of Iran-related topics of interest to Congress, nearly half of all congressional committees have received a report related to Iran in the past decade. Some reports are available to the general public, though most, while unclassified, are only accessible to the committees to which the executive branch is required to submit them. In reviewing the reports to which Congress formerly had, and presently has, access, Members of Congress could consider how those reports have or have not impacted U.S. policymaking, and whether or not to expand, restrict, or otherwise amend the Iran-related information they require from the executive branch.
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