Papiryan

MEMORANDUM **

Roza Papiryan and her husband Arta-vazd Khachatryan, natives and citizens of Armenia, petition for review of the order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) dismissing their appeal from an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) decision denying their applications for asylum, withhold *655 ing of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review for substantial evidence, and will reverse only if the evidence compels the contrary conclusion. See INS v. Elias-Zacarias, 502 U.S. 478 , 481 n. 1, 112 S.Ct. 812 , 117 L.Ed.2d 38 (1992). We deny the petition for review.

The IJ identified specific and cogent reasons for finding Papiryan not credible, specifically the implausibility that she would leave her children behind in Armenia if they had been threatened and were in danger as she claimed. This reason goes to the heart of Papiryan’s persecution claim and thus provides substantial evidence for the adverse credibility finding. See Rivera v. Mukasey, 508 F.3d 1271, 1275 (9th Cir.2007); see also Li v. Ashcroft, 378 F.3d 959, 964 (9th Cir.2004) (holding that as long as one of the identified grounds is supported…