Nazaryan

MEMORANDUM **

Vigen Nazaryan, a native and citizen of Armenia, petitions for review of the denial of his application for asylum, withholding of removal and protection under the Convention Against Torture. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252 , and we deny the petition.

The Immigration Judge (“IJ”) made an adverse credibility finding, which the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) affirmed without opinion. We review the IJ’s decision as if it were that of the BIA for substantial evidence and will reverse only if the record compels a contrary conclusion. Ge v. Ashcroft, 367 F.3d 1121, 1124 (9th Cir.2004). “So long as one of the identified grounds is supported by substantial evidence and goes to the heart of [Nazaryan’s] claim of persecution, we are bound to accept the IJ’s adverse credibility finding.” Wang v. INS, 352 F.3d 1250, 1258 (9th Cir.2003).

The IJ identified specific, cogent inconsistencies in Nazaryan’s recitation of the dates of his detention in 2000. See Farah v. Ashcroft, 348 F.3d 1153, 1156 (9th Cir.2003) (reciting requirement that fact-finder establish “specific, cogent reasons for disbelief"). The written declaration attached to his asylum application…