Nersesyan

MEMORANDUM **

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

The BIA rejected the IJ’s adverse credibility findings, but dismissed Nersesyan’s appeal for failure to show persecution. We limit our review to the BIA’s decision, except to the extent the IJ’s opinion is expressly adopted. Cordon-Garcia v. I.N.S., 204 F.3d 985, 990 (9th Cir.2000).

We review for substantial evidence the determination that a petitioner is ineligible for relief and will grant the petition only if the evidence compels a contrary conclu *215 sion. Zehatye v. Gonzales, 453 F.3d 1182, 1185 (9th Cir.2006).

The BIA concluded that Nersesyan failed to establish that the alleged acts against her rose to the level of persecution. Substantial evidence supports the BIA’s conclusion. Nersesyan testified that she was detained for three days after attending a demonstration and that police officials later threatened to tell her children they would kill her if she participated in another 21st…