Hamzeh Hajiani-Niroumand v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

McMILLIAN, Circuit Judge.

Hamzeh Hajiani-Niroumand seeks review of a final order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) denying his applications for asylum and for withholding of deportation under Sections 208 and 243(h) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), 8 U.S.C. §§ 1158(a), 1253(h) (1988), and petition for a waiver of deportation under § 212(c) of the INA, 8 U.S.C. § 1182(c). 1 Matter of Hajiani-Niroumand, No. A30-961-800 (B.I.A. May 20, 1993). Petitioner argues the BIA abused its discretion in determining that he failed to demonstrate sufficient countervailing equities in his…