The reactions to the Islamist Revolution and the resulting disillusionment are complex. Two interesting/random points of entry could be: (1) Foucoult's widely derided (in France, not many translated to English) writings, with strong Orientalist tendencies, strongly supporting the Revolution, based on his many visits to Iran and interviews with key players (e.g. see http://newpol.org/content/revisiting-foucault-and-iranian-re... or http://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/F/bo3534884... for a book on the subject) and (2) Persepolis (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persepolis_(comics)).