Iranian judoka vs Israeli athlete

An Iranian judoka who won 2001 and 2003 championship withdrew from 2004 Olympics before participating in even a single competition, because he was supposed to fight against an Israeli athlete. The general policy of Iranian government is not to fight against any Israeli athlete since Iran doesn't recognize Israel as a country. In other words Iran doesn't recognize Israel's right to exist. But the interesting point is that if the Iranian judoka refuses to fight against Israeli athlete for political reasons he will face very tough sanctions. To resolve this problem the official reason reported to the International Judo Federation was that he is overweight!!