TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran on Thursday condemned the US sanctions against Syria, stressing continued ties and cooperation with Damascus, specially in economic fields

Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyed Abbas Mousavi said that implementation of Caesar Act is against international laws and human rights.

The Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act, signed into law by US President Donald Trump in December 2019, came into effect on Wednesday. The document stipulates sanctioning almost all Syrian economic and trade activities, as well as government officials.

Mousavi said in a time when the entire world is engaged with the coronavirus, actions such as "inhumane sanctions" just intensifies the pains of the Syrian people.

He added that as Iran has stated before, it gives no credit to the unilateral sanctions imposed with bullying behavior and considers them as economic terrorism of the US government against the people of Syria and in line with Washington's attempts to destabilize the country.

Mousavi added that Iran will, as before, continue cooperation with the resistant people and government of Syria and will, despite the US sanctions, strengthen economic ties with them.

US secretary of state Mike Pompeo announced in a tweet that his country is to impose more sanctions on Syrian Government, including President Bashar al-Assad, his wife, and tens of other Syrian officials.

Pompeo said in a statement that anyone doing business with Syrian Government "is potentially exposed to travel restrictions and financial sanctions".

Earlier this weeks, a Lebanese newspaper wrote that all measures by the US in West Asia, including war and sanctions and the Caesar Act, are aimed at protecting Israel's security.

"The US government started implementation of a law called Caesar Act in a bid to further pressure Syria by sanctions after 10 years of devastating war but it pursues more important goals," the Arabic-language al-Akhbar wrote on Tuesday.

"The US government considers Caesar Act as an advanced stage of a long-term war of attrition against the Syrian government to confine the government's rule to Damascus and certain coastal areas and disintegration of the country," it added.

Creating another Somalia in Syria is a gift to Israel to increase its security and facilitate occupation of the West Bank which is the final goal of the Caesar Act, al-Akhbar said.