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.”

President Donald Trump told ABC News on Sunday, "It's possible we could get involved." Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the supreme leader of Iran, warned in a post to X on Wednesday that a U.S. attack on Iran in support of Israel "without a doubt will cause irreparable damage.