Past generations of Iranians vyed for America and its "values". This generation of Muslims have seen the true nature of these values and of Democracy with election of Trump, the handling of Brexit, and the new ineffectual President of France. 

Today, Democracy divides society, pitting class against class, workers against owners, rich against poor, women against men, godless against god-fearing.

Ironically, the much maligned Khomeini's model of "velayet faqih" is the Islamic version of Socratic god fearing "Republic" led by the learned as explained by Plato. Iran is the first Muslim land to successfully dump Democracy, the rule of the godless Demos, the 5% moneyed males, in favour of a Republic, the govt of the people, by the people, for the people. 

The greatest achievement of Khomeini was to wean away the Persians from their inward past and bring its soul closest to the Western ideals of Socrates who too was hemlocked by Democracy.

Will Canadians see the light?