Narges Mohammadi, a Nobel Peace Prize winner and the country’s most prominent human rights activist, has spent decades in and out jail, pushing for democratic change in Iran. But even she warned against the attacks on her country, telling the BBC this past week that “Democracy cannot come through violence and war.”

Israel claimed Saturday it killed top members of Iran’s elite Quds Force, ratcheting up attacks against the nearby country as Iranian officials warned U.S. involvement in the growing conflict would be "very dangerous for everybody.