Ali Kashani Aryanpour v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

53 F.3d 337 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Ali Kashani ARYANPOUR, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. No. 93-70861. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted April 10, 1995. Decided May 8, 1995. Before: GIBSON, * HUG, FERGUSON, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Ali Kashani Aryanpour, a native and citizen of Iran, petitions for review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA") upholding the Immigration Judge's ("IJ") denial of his application for asylum, withholding of deportation, and voluntary departure. We have jurisdiction over this timely appeal pursuant to 8 U.S.C. Sec. 1105a(a) and we affirm. 1 3 Aryanpour contends that the BIA erred in denying him asylum on the basis of a well-founded fear of persecution because of his political opinion, which he expressed through his membership in the Constitutional Council. See 8 U.S.C. Secs. 1158 (a), 1101(a)(42)(A). Although Aryanpour…