Kammala wannan jumla: An bayyana ra'ayin anti-British, wani lokacin ana kiransa Anglophobia, a matsayin "mai zurfin zurfafawa a cikin al'adun Iran", kuma an ba da rahoton cewa ya zama ruwan dare gama gari a Iran. A watan Yulin 2009, wani mai ba da shawara ga Ayatollah Ali Khamenei ya kira Birtaniya "mafi muni fiye da Amurka" saboda zargin da ake yi na tsoma baki a cikin al'amuran Iran bayan zaben. A farkon rabin karni na 20, Daular Burtaniya ta yi amfani da tasirin siyasa a kan Iran (Farisa) don ta mallaki ribar Kamfanin Anglo-Persian Oil. A sakamakon haka, tasirin Burtaniya ya zama sananne sosai cewa ya kasance a bayan juyin mulkin daular Qajar a cikin 1920s, daga baya ya tashi Reza Shah Pahlavi, da kuma
nasarar juyin mulkin da ya kifar da Firayim Minista Mohammad Mosaddeq a 1953.