Hashemi-Rohani

MEMORANDUM ***

Naser Hashemi-Rohani, a native and citizen of Iran, petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) affirming an Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) denial of his applications for asylum, withholding of removal and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”), and denying his motion to remand based on claims of ineffective assistance of counsel and an incompetent interpreter at his removal hearing. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . Reviewing for substantial evidence, Singh v. INS, 134 F.3d 962, 966 (9th Cir.1998), we deny the petition for review.

The IJ identified material inconsistencies between Hashemi-Rohani’s asylum application and his testimony regarding purported detentions, interrogations and beatings by the Iranian police. 1 Because these inconsistencies go to the heart of Hashemi-Rohani’s asylum claim, substantial evidence supports the IJ’s adverse credibility determination. See Chebchoub v. INS, 257 F.3d 1038, 1043 (9th Cir.2001). In his testimony, Hashemi-Rohani also failed to provide details about the antigovernment fliers he allegedly distributed in Iran. Accordingly, Hashemi-Rohani failed to establish eligibility…