As she has been in Iran for 6 years, would that mean her first loyalty is to Iran?
As for her dual citizenship: Her father was born and raised in Iran. That was enough for her to qualify for dual citizenship I assume.
I just really do not see outrage at calling her Iranian-American under the circumstances. Heck, lots of conservative writers have been using the term to describe her.
I'll save my outrage for things like cozying up to Castro, Chavez and Ortega.
> As she has been in Iran for 6 years, would that mean her first loyalty is to Iran?
Yes, definitely, for as long as she is on Iranian soil with Iranian citizenship her first loyalty is to Iran. Not only is that ethical, but by happy coincidence it also happens to be the way laws work.
The American government cannot help her — at all — if she is a citizen of Iran and being processed in accordance with Iranian law.
Having dual citizenship is a mixed blessing: usually it is an advantage but there are some snags. This is one of them, unfortunately.
If I were to describe her, it would not be as an “Iranian-American”, or even the more accurate “American-Iranian”, but rather as an “Iranian having dual American citizenship”, if I felt the American Citizenship were relevant.
In this case, it isn’t really relevant at all. Describing her as an “Iranian” is sufficient.