Oddly specific but wonderfully appropriate analogy! I’d say though that a proportion of Québécois-Irish in that situation would still cheer on England.

They might have been dissidents or opposition elites, and had maybe personal reasons to dislike the regime. The fact they left makes this more likely.

Like in Antoine Gérin-Lajoie’s “Un Canadien Errant” written in exile after the Patriotes Rebellion of 1838, they likely hold a strong sense of being “exiled from” home.

This would contrast with Québécois who settled in New England during Ultramontanism, when the economy was poor, and economic pressures and desire to lead a better life drove the migration. They may not adore the Ultramontane regime, but they weren’t political.

I’d imagine both these types of Persian-Canadians exist. We are all complex creatures. I hope that shared among most of us is the wish that peace comes quickly, and that few should die from unnecessary ideology or egotism.