Hovsepyan

MEMORANDUM **

Hovsep Hovsepyan, a native and citizen of Armenia, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order affirming the Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) order denying his application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review the IJ’s decision for substantial evidence and may reverse only if the evidence compels such a result. INS v. Elias-Zacarias, 502 U.S. 478, 481 , 112 S.Ct. 812 , 117 L.Ed.2d 38 (1992); Prasad v. INS, 47 F.3d 336, 338 (9th Cir.1995). We deny the petition for review.

Substantial evidence supports the IJ’s conclusion that Hovsepyan did not establish past persecution or a well-founded fear of future persecution on account of an enumerated ground. See Mohammed v. Gonzales, 400 F.3d 785, 794-95 (9th Cir. 2005) (requiring petitioner to “show: (1) an incident ... that rise[s] to the level of persecution; (2) that [wa]s ‘on account of one of the statutorily-protected grounds; and (3)[wa]s committed by the government or forces the government is either ‘unable or unwilling’ to control)” (quoting Navas v. INS, 217 F.3d 646, 655-56 (9th…