Syria condemns the United States’ reimposition of sanctions on Iran, describing the move against its longtime ally as “illegal” and driven by “arrogance.”
A first wave of renewed US sanctions came into effect on Tuesday, hitting Tehran’s access to US banknotes and key industries such as cars and carpets.
Syria “sharply condemned the American administration’s decision to reimpose economic sanctions on Iran,” says a foreign ministry official quoted by state news agency SANA.
The sanctions on Iran follow US President Donald Trump’s withdrawal in May from a 2015 nuclear agreement between Tehran, Washington and other world powers.
“These unilateral actions are illegal under international law and confirm that the US administration’s policies have a proclivity for hegemony and arrogance,” the Syrian official says.
Damascus has long been subject to US sanctions and Iran backs President Bashar Assad in Syria’s civil war, providing political, military and economic support.
— AFP
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