in my opinion Iran never anounced its military budget and also because of western threats and their pressure it dosn't like to appear its power in attacks if you trace iran atitude in its manoeuvers, they never show their power in attack and they just exercise for defence, according to your knowlidege Iran has the second reserve of natural gas after Russia, and also has third reserve of oil after Soudi Arabia and Canada, and it has a lot of reserve of uranium and coal, so undoutedly it is a Energy superpower, you know in shiite faith collective killing is forbid and it's right that clerics they live in Qom (Ayatollah Noori Hamedani, Ayatollah Javadi Amoli, Ayatollah Makareme Shirazi Even extremists such as Ayatollah Sanei and Khamenei) and they have most power in Iran don't let to have iran nuclear bomb because of their religiuse beliefes, despite Iranian Sepah Pasdaran researchs in nuclear bomb but they don't have any permission about making it, I can say strongly iranian missile power after russia is more than USA, if you see at some of iranian missiles (some of the equipment of the iran those annouced there are in the net)you realize that how much is Iran's power in military section, after missile Iran makes Helicopter, fighter plane and other military equipments, these are result of US's sanctions on Iran, because Iran before of sanctions is buying its needs from US, according to your knowledge after revolution in Iran 1979, The US announced they wanted to apply some sanction on Iran's new government and blocked all of iranian propeties in the US and President Carter command for provention of delivery of iranian fighter planes those Iran bought them before of revolution after that some iranian student have gone to the US's embassy in Tehran and arrest americans who were in that place. about cultural section I cannot say any thing but from point of view of geopolitical Iran is in the middle east or may be we can say middle world(Iran is major blood vessel of energy in this century) Iran can control world's energy because of its reserve and it's between Qatar,UAE, Iraq, Kuwait, Suadi Arabia, Azarbaijan, Turkmenestan and Russia, Silk Road is passin in Iran and Iran has access to international water from south also Iran has power for controlling and preserving of strategic bottleneck of Hormoz strait ang Persian Gulf, and this country has four season you can have Four season experience in a month of year in seperated areas in Iran so it can supply its foods and fruits besides, from point of view of Technology Iran is in top of the table in the middle east despite all of the western medias advertise that Israel is top of the table but actually Iran is on the right place, Iran has just about 5 million students in its universities, Iran is growing up in Space industry and Biotechnology and Genetic