BRUSSELS - British Prime Minister Tony Blair and Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul have reiterated that there were no plans to attack Iran after the U.S.-led war on Iraq is over.

Gul on Thursday disclosed that U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell had told him that the U.S. has no plans to launch military strikes against Syria or Iran.

Gul, speaking to reporters in Brussels after attending a joint meeting of NATO and EU foreign ministers, said he had raised the issue of recent threats by U.S. officials against Iran and Syria during Powell's visit to Ankara on Wednesday.

Powell assured Gul that the only U.S. plan is to disarm Iraq from weapons of mass destruction and not to attack any other country in the region, IRNA reported.

The issue of U.S. threats was also raised by some EU ministers during a meeting with Powell in Brussels Thursday, said Gul, who gave no further details.

Prime Minister Tony Blair followed Foreign Secretary Jack Straw in clearly distancing the British government from U.S. threats to extend its war against Iraq to Iran or Syria. Asked by Jeremy Corbyn, Labour MP, to offer assurances that Iran or Syria would not be targeted after the overthrow of Saddam Hussein's regime, Blair said there were "no plans to do anything he is accusing us of."

Earlier Straw told BBC that there was no case whatsoever for taking any action against Iran. He said that it would worry me if it was true that Iran and Syria were being lined up by the U.S. as the next targets.

Asked by Iain Duncan Smith, Conservative leader, during prime minister's questions about the recent U.S. warning to Syria and Iran, Blair said it referred to any transfer of military equipment to Iraq or "support by any elements in Iran" attacking Anglo-American forces, IRNA reported. The prime minister stressed to MPs the importance of staying in constant contact with Tehran to ensure the situation was "not exacerbated in any way."

The alarm about extending the war against Iraq followed U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld warning Iran not to allow Iraqi opposition groups to use its territory and become involved in the war.

He also threatened Syria not to help Saddam Hussein's regime.

Blair claimed that, according to intelligence sources, Saddam was planning to desecrate Islamic sites in Iraq and blame Anglo-American forces for causing the damage.

In response to the threats, he pledged that the UK and U.S. not only refrain their troops from attacking the sites but would protect the shrines as well.

Much of prime minister's questions focused on the looming diplomatic battle ahead between the U.S. and the rest of the world over control of an interim administration in post-conflict Iraq.

Despite being pressed on several occasions, Blair refused to say whether his government would support a UN or U.S.-run administration, only that it is be "endorsed" by the UN.