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.”

U.S. involvement in Iran now appears imminent, with American naval vessels expected to arrive in the Middle East within two weeks. But should the U.S. intervene?