analysis.” Quan, 428 F.3d at 888. Accepting Papazyan’s testimony as true, it clearly demonstrates past persecution. First, she was attacked in her home in Baku, Azerbaijan by a group of individuals, some of whom were dressed in police uniforms, and who referred to her as an “Armenian dog.” One of these individuals raped her. This amounts to past persecution on account of a protected ground. 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(42)(A). “It is clear that rape or sexual assault ‘may constitute persecution.’ ” Shoafera v. INS, 228 F.3d 1070, 1074 (9th Cir.2000) (quoting LopezGalarza v. INS, 99 F.3d 954, 959 (9th Cir.1996)). Here, where Papazyan was insulted as an “Armenian dog” during the attack, the motive for the attack is clearly the protected ground of nationality. See Boer-Sedano, 418 F.3d at 1089 (<HOLDING>) (citing Borja v. INS, 175 F.3d 732, 735-36
holding that a police officers deposition in a fellow officers  1983 action alleging unlawful retaliation was protected speech holding that the police officers had probable cause to make a warrantless entry holding that alien did not show land ownership dispute was motivated by any protected ground holding that a police officers words during an assault make clear that he was motivated by a protected ground holding that imputed political opinion is a protected ground