Jarrett was born and raised in Iran?
Per Wiki (dubious I know) her father (a physician) was sent there by the US govt to teach (this was in the days of the Shah).
Valerie Jarrett: Iranian of the Day!
“Every memory from Iran is a very happy memory,” Jarrett told me in an e-mail...”
http://www.iranian.com/main/singlepage/2008/valerie-jarrett