Kammala wannan jumla: Akwai dalilai da yawa na tarihi 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
Juyin mulkin Iran na 1953, yunkuri na rushewa yayin da aka yiwa masana'antar mai ta Iran kasa, 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.