This week marks the 25th anniversary of the day 10 Bahá'í women were hanged in Shiraz, Iran, for teaching religious classes to Bahá'í youth -- the equivalent of being Sunday School teachers in the West.

In 1901, French-Canadian architect Louis Bourgeois confided to a friend that his mission in life was to build a temple dedicated to truth.

Not long after the first World’s Parliament of Religions introduced Americans to the Baha'i Faith at the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago, the Faith took hold and gradually gained momentum in the United States.

Celia Taghdiri says she’s been fascinated by Tahirih since childhood.