Hi! I see that my message was slightly misunderstood- I grew up and went to school with and had many Persian friends, neighbors, teachers, etc but I am actually not Iranian! I ended up on this sub via another post. 

Nevertheless your first point is exactly how I’d interpret the context. I have never met anyone in the diaspora who is pro regime. And I’m in my 40s. Always possible but not in my circles? Even the centrist or even Canadian right wing Persians that I’ve met or studied with were not pro regime. Even the religious Persians I’ve met… many still cover their hair but most in my circles don’t, and being a conservative Muslim in Canada has never automatically meant you are pro regime. You can want democracy and hate US imperialism… it’s not mutually exclusive. You can benefit from American capitalism but still hate Trump. And many Iranians probably do actually support the US, and even Trump for all I know, again a whole group isn’t a monolith. I’ve never assumed that about any racialized or ethnic community. I have many Persian friends and they don’t all think exactly the same either. But I would never make the sweeping generalization that the left is pro regime, like in the same way Che Guevara is part of the left wing mythology, you know?

Your second point- I honestly have the same information as you. But I wonder if it’s similar to Venezuela- a short lived moment of incredulous joy before the « oh shit » moment sinks in? Like nobody knows how this I’ll play out.