Key Obama aide on Iran sanctions steps down
President Barack Obama's point person on cracking down on financial flows to Iran resigned on Monday, marking the loss of a key player in the US effort to pressure Tehran over its nuclear program.
Levey will be replaced by a deputy, David Cohen. US officials emphasized they did not think the staff change would stem the momentum for the drive to put the financial squeeze on Iran or for the separate task of trying to choke off access by militant groups to international sources of money. "It will have no effect on policy, or on our ability to execute the President's policy," US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said. (Reuters)
