Behzad Razmjouy v. Immigration & Naturalization Service

24 F.3d 248 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Behzad RAZMJOUY, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION & NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. No. 93-70361. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted May 5, 1994. Decided May 17, 1994. Before: SCHROEDER, BOOCHEVER, and BRUNETTI, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM * 2 Behzad Razmjouy is a native and citizen of Iran who has filed an application for political asylum in this country pursuant to 8 U.S.C. Sec. 1158 (a). He contends that he holds political and religious beliefs that the Iranian government will not tolerate, and that he has a reasonable fear of persecution in Iran because (1) he has publicly opposed the Iranian government both in West Germany as a student and in this country, (2) he is not a Muslim and rejects the Islamic religion, (3) he left Iran illegally in 1985 after returning for a few weeks to visit his seriously ill father, and (4) he has adopted a western life style and is married to…