Minasian

MEMORANDUM

Varoujan Minasian, a national and citizen of Armenia, petitions for review of a final order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”), adopting without opinion the immigration judge’s (“IJ”) decision denying Minasian’s application for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture (CAT). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 (a)(1) and deny the petition for review.

Although not all of the IJ’s credibility findings are supportable, there is still substantial evidence to support the adverse credibility determination. Wang v. INS, 352 F.3d 1250, 1259 (9th Cir.2003) (“So long as one of the identified grounds is supported by substantial evidence and goes to the heart of [the] claim of persecution, we are bound to accept the IJ’s adverse credibility finding.”). Although Mi-nasian told the IJ that he was arrested twice in Armenia for his political activity and beaten during one arrest, Minasian’s asylum application filed in 1991 did not mention either arrest or the beating. The IJ found the discrepancy sufficient to call into question whether the alleged persecution actually occurred.

Minasian argues that he did not raise the…