Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Akwai dalilai na tarihi da yawa don kiran Biritaniya a matsayin tsohuwar fox ko ƙaramar Shaidan ta Iran sun haɗa da: rawar kai tsaye wajen karkatar da juyin juya halin tsarin mulki na Iran, 1921 da 1953 juyin mulkin Iran
, yunkuri na rushewa a lokacin da aka yiwa masana'antar mai ta Iran, kawar da 'yan juyin juya hali bayan juyin juya halin Iran na 1979, da kuma zargin da ake yi a cikin tarzoma ta titi bayan zaben shugaban kasa na 2009.