Margaryan

MEMORANDUM **

Yeran Margaryan, a native and citizen of Armenia, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order affirming the Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) decision denying her applications for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review for substantial evidence and will uphold the IJ’s decision unless the evidence compels a contrary conclusion. 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.

Margaryan testified that she was personally attacked fifteen years ago because of her former marriage to an Azerbaijani Muslim. Substantial evidence supports the IJ’s determination that the discrimination and mistreatment Margaryan suffered during the height of the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict was due to civil strife. See Singh v. INS, 134 F.3d 962, 967 (9th Cir. 1998) (difficulties that are a product of social unrest and discrimination alone do not support an asylum claim). Moreover, the incidents that occurred during the ten-year period when Margaryan returned to live in Armenia did not amount…