Gyozalyan

MEMORANDUM ***

Gevorg Gyozalyan, a native of Lebanon and citizen of Armenia, petitions for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) decision that affirmed the Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) order denying Gyozalyan’s application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). 1 We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 and deny the petition.

Substantial evidence supports the IJ and BIA’s conclusion that Gyozalyan failed to establish that he suffered past persecution. See Prasad v. INS, 47 F.3d 336, 339-40 (9th Cir.1995). Considering Gyozalyan’s four arrests and the beating he received by unknown assailants together, the record does not compel the conclusion that the events Gyozalyan described amount to persecution on account of his political opinion. Substantial evidence also supports the IJ and BIA’s finding that Gyozalyan failed to establish a well-founded fear of persecution in Armenia. See Singh v. INS, 134 F.3d 962, 969-70 (9th Cir.1998).

Because Gyozalyan did not establish that he was eligible for asylum, he did not satisfy the more stringent standard for withholding of removal. See Pedro-Mateo v. INS, 224 F.3d 1147, 1150…