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.”

Freddie Clayton Diplomatic efforts at de-escalating the conflict between Iran and Israel have so far faltered, producing more posturing and platitudes than signs of progess. At a tense session at the United Nations Security Council yesterday,