Vatcharian

MEMORANDUM ***

Anait Noubaravatcharian, a native and citizen of Armenia, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) dismissal of her appeal from the Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) denial of her applications for asylum and withholding of removal. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1105a(a), as amended by the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (“IIRIRA”), *635 Pub.L. No. 104-208, 110 Stat. 3009 (Sept. 30, 1996). Because the BIA affirmed the decision of the IJ without discussion, we review the Id’s decision. See 8 C.F.R. § 1003.1 (a)(7)(iii); Melkonian v. Ashcroft, 320 F.3d 1061, 1065 (9th Cir.2003). We review adverse credibility determinations under the “substantial evidence” standard. See Gui v. INS, 280 F.3d 1217, 1225 (9th Cir.2002). We deny the petition for review.

The Id’s reasoning was cogent — the Id pointed to a number of specific flaws in Noubaravatcharian’s testimony: (1) Noubaravatcharian testified that she became an anti-war supporter in 1992, which contradicted the pro-war stance she took in her asylum application; (2) Noubaravatcharian was inconsistent about her level of activity with the Heheshe party; and (3)…