Arakelyan

MEMORANDUM **

Vardush Artash Arakelyan, a native of Iran and a citizen of Iran and Armenia, petitions pro se for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) that affirmed an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) order denying asylum, withholding of removal and protection under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”) and denied Arakelyan’s motion to remand. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review for substantial evidence the denial of asylum, withholding and CAT relief, see Gormley v. Ashcroft, 364 F.3d 1172, 1176 (9th Cir.2004), and we review for abuse of discretion the denial of a motion to remand, see Malhi v. INS, 336 F.3d 989, 993 (9th Cir.2003). We deny the petition for review.

Substantial evidence supports the BIA’s determination that the incidents Arakelyan described were not sufficiently severe to establish past persecution in either Armenia or Iran. See Prasad v. INS, 47 F.3d 336, 339-40 (9th Cir.1995).

Substantial evidence supports the agency’s conclusion that Arakelyan did not demonstrate a well-founded fear of persecution in Armenia because she did not “point to credible, direct, and specific evidence in the record” that her fear was…