Agamian

MEMORANDUM ***

Aram Agamian petitions for review of a final order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) dismissing his appeal of an immigration judge’s denial of his application for asylum and withholding of removal. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 (a) and we deny the petition.

The BIA’s determination with respect to denial of asylum must be upheld “if supported by reasonable, substantial, and probative evidence on the record considered as a whole.” 8 U.S.C. § 1252 (b)(7)(B). In determining Agamian’s eligibility for asylum, the BIA must consider whether he has a “well-founded fear of persecution on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion.” 8 U.S.C. § 1101 (a)(42)(A). We first note that the BIA found Agamian not credible. We conduct an extremely deferential review of the BIA’s findings, Ghaly v. INS, 58 F.3d 1425, 1431 (9th Cir.1995); the BIA’s decision is subject to reversal only if Agamian’s evidence of persecution is “ ‘so compelling that no reasonable factfinder could find’ that [he] has not established eligibility for asylum.” Singh v. INS, 134 F.3d 962, 966 (9th Cir.1998) (quoting INS v.…