Sarparast

MEMORANDUM **

Mahin Sarparast, a native citizen of Iran, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) summary decision affirming the Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) denial of her application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture. We grant the petition for review. Because the parties are familiar with the factual and procedural history of this case, we will not recount it here.

Although we review credibility findings under the deferential substantial evidence standard, in order to make an adverse credibility finding, “[t]he BIA must have a legitimate articulable basis to question the petitioner’s credibility, and must offer a specific, cogent reason for any stated dis *482 belief.” Valderrama v. INS, 260 F.3d 1083, 1085 (9th Cir.2001) (per curiam) (internal quotation marks and citation omitted). The discrepancies must go to the heart of the asylum claim. Id. We must reverse “an adverse credibility determination that is based on ‘speculation and conjecture’ and is not supported by evidence in the record.” Salaam v. INS, 229 F.3d 1234, 1238 (9th Cir.2000) (citing Akinmade v. INS, 196 F.3d 951, 957 (9th Cir.1999)). Minor…