Iran-UK relationship

EghtesadOnline: European governments are under pressure to pursue their own policies and interests in Iran and other countries of the Middle East separate from the US, partly because of fears over the consequences of policies advocated by the new US administration in Washington, reads an article published by Oslo-based weekly newspaper and a daily Internet news site Upstream. Below is the full text:

EghtesadOnline: Spokesman for the Foreign Ministry Bahram Qasemi described the recent remarks about Iran made by the British Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Baroness Joyce Anelay as 'baseless', 'meddlesome' and 'malicious'.

EghtesadOnline: Iran says the crises in the Middle East region are largely due to the "colonial" policies of the UK and its allies.