Hossain

MEMORANDUM **

Akter Hossain, a native and citizen of Bangladesh, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ decision affirming an immigration judge’s denial of his request for asylum and withholding of deportation. We deny the petition

The BIA’s determination that Hossain “was not eligible for asylum must be upheld if ‘supported by reasonable, substantial, and probative evidence on the record considered as a whole.’ ” INS v. Elias-Zacarias, 502 U.S. 478, 481 , 112 S.Ct. 812, 815 , 117 L.Ed.2d 38 (1992) (citation omitted). To justify a reversal of the BIA’s decision, Hossain must show “that the evidence he presented was so compelling that no reasonable factfinder could fail to find the requisite fear of persecution.” Id. at 483-84 , 112 S.Ct. at 817 ; see also Ghaly v. INS, 58 F.3d 1425, 1431 (9th Cir.1995). Where an asylum claim is involved, an alien must either show past persecution or a well-founded fear of future persecution that is “both subjectively genuine and objectively reasonable.” Fisher v. INS, 79 F.3d 955, 960 (9th Cir.1996) (en banc).

Here, the evidence before the BIA did indicate that the interactions of members of the various political parties in…