To be honest, I only knew her as Iranian.
"African american" would *never* cross my mind.
Both of her parents look pretty "white" to me.
However they DO look VERY liberal.
The bat$hit crazy glasses gives it away.
Her parents were/are very left, commies basically.
I do not think she has any middle eastern genealogy. They are American. Her father moved the family to Iran for work. That’s why she grew up there.