Karapetyan

MEMORANDUM **

Tatevik Karapetyan, a native and citizen of Armenia, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order dismissing her appeal from an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) order denying her applications for asylum, withholding of removal and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for substantial evidence, Mgoian v. INS, 184 F.3d 1029, 1034 (9th Cir.1999), *512 and we grant in part and deny in part the petition for review, and remand for further proceedings.

The IJ found that Karapetyan’s testimony was not credible. On appeal, the BIA assumed Karapetyan’s testimony to be true and denied relief solely on the merits. Karapetyan testified that because she inquired about the circumstances of her father’s death and because she was suspected of sympathizing with her father’s political views, she was discharged from her university, and followed, detained and interrogated by law enforcement personnel. Karapetyan also testified that law enforcement personnel threatened to harm her and her family if she did not leave Armenia and that her brother is still asked about her whereabouts. While the…