Iran and Russia, both assisting Syria with its counter-terrorism campaign, have denounced the latest round of American coercive economic measures against the Arab country, saying the sanctions violate international law and humanitarian principles.
According to Press TV, on Wednesday, the US State Department and Treasury released 39 targets for sanctions, including Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his wife Asma.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called the bans “the beginning of what will be a sustained campaign of economic and political pressure to deny the Assad regime revenue.”
The sanctions are as part of the so-called Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act, which came into effect on Wednesday six months after it was signed into law by US President Donald Trump.
Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyyed Abbas Mousavi said on Thursday that the Caesar Act runs against international law and humanitarian principles.
“At a time when the world is dealing with the coronavirus pandemic, imposing such inhumane sanctions will only increase the Syrian people’s suffering and pain,” he said.
“The Islamic Republic, as it has previously declared, attaches no value to such cruel and unilateral sanctions, which are enacted and implemented through bullying, and considers them economic terrorism against the ordinary Syrians people in line with US efforts to destabilize the country.”
Mousavi further expressed Tehran’s resolve to boost economic relations with Damascus and continue cooperation with the Syrian nation and government despite sanctions.
Similarly on Wednesday, the Russian Foreign Ministry complained that the fresh US restrictive measures target ordinary citizens of the war-stricken country.
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