According to the book Edward Brown, a spy in Iran compiled by Parvin Nakhaee Moqaddam, p. 276:

     “… after collapsing the czar emperor late World War I and establishing the Soviet revolutionary government, the Baha’is were being look upon extras in the czar government. The cult lost its support and turned to England. England had felt that Sobhi Azal couldn’t gain the power; so it turned to Hussein Ali.

     Fazlullah Mohtadi, one of the famous historians writes:

     “There was a photo of the czar and his wife in the Baha’i institute which was removed by the communist rioters at the time of revoluting against the Czar. Also, it was written in the Baha’is prayer place that Abdul Baha had prayed for the Russian king’s success…[1]

     Additionally, the clear dependence of Baha’is on the Czar court which was considered as the factor of misery of the Russian people caused Baha’is to be assumed as spies of England by the new government.

     Analyzing the Bolshivic’s severe behaviors with the Baha’is and pointing out the relationship between the members of the cult with the British embassy and the intelligent service of the UK during Qajar period of time, Khan Malek Sasani, the Iranian ambassador in the Ottoman country writes:

     “Afetr World War I when the Soviet government was established in Russia, the Bolshviks discovered a spying network in favor of England inside the dawning place of the Mention of God in Ishqabad where was the center of Baha’i gatherings and operations.[2]

     Asadullah Mazandarani, one of the Baha’i heads has mentioned:

     “Surely, the long-termed exploitation of the deviant cult of Baha’ism by the intelligent service of England against the Ottoman government and establishing the Zionists in the occupied lands and using them against Shiites and the Iranian religious scholars can be considered as the best reason for raising and giving priorities to the cult by the British Colonialism.