Interesting bits:
The photo you have posted - # 1 - based on features, eyes in particular, shows her, Clearly, to be part South East Asian (Thai or Philipino, as examples) or, part, of Mongolian descent (Mongols invaded Iran centuries ago, post Arab-Muslim invasion of Iran. Mongol invasion of Iran took place circa 1219 CE).
I am not disputing her part [Iranian] origins; but, simply going by her looks in your photo, and what I’ve seen elsewhere.
There are many Iranians (by citizenship or birth) today, especially, in the Azarbaijan Province of Iran, or those of Turkmen ethnic origins in Iran (as examples), who look more South East Asian, than our traditional perception of what an “Iranian” should look.
Iran, of course, is a country which consists of many different ethnic, religious and racial groups & origins. Over the centuries there has been interracial marriages and offsprings as result.
Secondly, Iranian Officials like to assert their legitimacy (in the eyes of the world) by every so often arresting those of Iranian origins, if they can determine those arrested, or potential to be arrested, can be identified as Iranians e.g. born in Iran, or an Iranian Father by birth OR citizenship, regardless of “ethnicity”.
See comments #s 27 through to #31 - in June 2007.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1850188/posts
Her father is Iranian, her mother is Japanese.
They went to Iran and were permitted a short visit with her. The father has said that he would stay there for an extended period if necessary while her mother came home to the U.S.. He is putting himself in jeopardy of being arrested too or at the least being detained and not permitted to leave the country.
The best thing they can do is get their congressman and senator involved and keep her story in the news.
I believe her Mother is Japanese.