, ▁of ▁a ▁secret ▁Iran ian ▁nuclear - we ap ons ▁program ▁running ▁parallel ▁to ▁the ▁civil ian ▁operations ▁that ▁Iran ▁has ▁declared ▁to ▁the ▁International ▁At omic ▁Energy ▁Agency ," ▁adding ▁that ▁a ▁current ▁senior ▁intelligence ▁official ▁confirmed ▁the ▁assess ment . ▁On ▁ 2 5 ▁February ▁ 2 0 0 7 , ▁The ▁Daily ▁Te legraph ▁reported ▁that ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁Fif th ▁Fle et , ▁including ▁the ▁N im itz - class ▁super car riers ▁Eisen h ower , ▁N im itz ▁and ▁St ennis ▁" pre par es ▁to ▁take ▁on ▁Iran ". ▁ ▁In ▁March ▁ 2 0 0 6 , ▁it ▁was ▁reported ▁that ▁the ▁US ▁State ▁Department ▁had ▁opened ▁an ▁Office ▁of ▁Iran ian ▁Affairs ▁( O IA ) ▁– ▁over seen ▁by ▁Elizabeth ▁Chen ey , ▁the ▁daughter ▁of ▁Vice ▁President ▁Dick ▁Chen ey . ▁The ▁office ' s ▁mission ▁was ▁reported ly ▁to ▁promote ▁a ▁dem ocr atic ▁transition ▁in ▁Iran . ▁and ▁to ▁help ▁" de fe at " ▁the ▁Iran ian ▁regime . ▁Iran ▁argued ▁the ▁office ▁was ▁task ed ▁with ▁drawing ▁up ▁plans ▁to ▁over throw ▁its ▁government . ▁One ▁Iran ian ▁reform er ▁said ▁after ▁the ▁office ▁opened ▁that ▁many ▁" part ners ▁are ▁simply ▁too ▁afraid ▁to ▁work ▁with ▁us ▁anymore ", ▁and ▁that ▁the ▁office ▁had ▁" a ▁ch illing ▁effect ". ▁The ▁US ▁Congress ▁has ▁reported ly ▁appropri ated ▁more ▁than ▁$ 1 2 0 ▁million ▁to ▁fund ▁the ▁project . ▁Investig ative ▁journalist ▁Se ym our