I will give you a ton of points for that one but I have to chime in with something... My mentor was born in 30s (so was his wife) and his wife though American grew up in the Shah's Iran. I don't remember if her father was a missionary, pastor or both but she was fully integrated into what Iran was like at that time. What most people don't realize is that up until the Revolution, Iran was considered the Jewel of the Middle East. Seriously, both Iran and Lebanon were as westernized and forward thinking as it got (even moreso than a lot of your less developed Europen nations) but war and a religious revolution that only happened because the Ayatollah was basically the only guy still there absolutely destroyed Iran.
Even today, most Iranians (especially younger Iranians) would do just about anything to reverse what happened. Despite the hateful rhetoric put out via official channels, the truth is that the average Iranian is very pro-West. They can only do so much without being drug off to a secret prison and tortured but if they had their way their country would be very different.
