They won't enter the competition because they know they will loose against an Israeli.

Olimpic games. not surprising . it's been years since all arab countries donig it to israel. and yes, the best way we can do to fight the de-legitimacy og israel throw sports is to WIN !!!

The attitude of the Israeli sportsman is a wrong one. A sportsman is to beat the scores or speed of everyone around you, not just arabs. And the Iranians are little crybabies.

Ping Pong tournament? Curling? Spelling Bee? Shesh Pesh? Israel should go everywhere just to make the Iranians back out of every sporting event on the planet.

In the Youth Olympics TKD finals, Iran pulled its athlete out rather than facing Israel.

I'm not surprised. They've withdrawn from several events in the past. They're afraid to get their asses kicked by the Israelis. And who knows if they played and lost, they might get hung from a crane.

A Christian pastor in Iran is being told to convert to islam or die. Disgusting that their own people are held to ransom for a bunch of insane mullahs.

like you and your best terrorist friend - Raed Salah. Freedom of speech works for both ways.

The Israeli swimmer should receive a suspension from the Israeli Swimming Authority for derogatory and racist comments. There are Arab Israeli swimmers and other Arab Israeli athletes who represent Israel at Internation athletic competitions. These comments do not represent all Israeli athletes and the swimmer should be disciplined accordingly.

I do some boycott to israelis, pro-zionist jews too..

If these Iranians lose to Israeli athletes, they may very likely be ostracized from everything and everyone back home or worse, just disappeared

... like US competitor Jesse Owens, and the Iran's leaders don't want to see their own defeated by a "Zionist". Not surprisingly, I take Nevo's statement quite differently than Tibi - that he was referring to defeating representatives of Israel's enemies who see themselves at war with the Jews, rather than Arabs as an ethnic group. (Iran is of course majority Persian, not Arab.)

these people. It's not contact with an Israeli swimmer that so terrifies the leaders in Tehran, it's the possiblity of losing to one. Oh the shame! F*cking babies.

How could Mr. Tibi dares to speak about racism on the part of Israelis while the Arabs and Muslims are those who confiscate sports competitions against Israeli athletes.

Of course they are losers. The G-d of heaven (not allah from planet moon) has promised His chosen people (the Jews) that he will never leave them nor forsake them. How could the Lord forsake them when He makes such a promise. HE is not One to go back on His Word

it's true that even i witness racism here against arabs but this is already dishonest by tibi. it was the Iranians who pulled out because of Israel. The Israeli was willing to swim, and "beat the Arabs (not that Iranians are Arab). Anyway, actions speak louder then words and its obviously Iran who took its racism into action - not Israel. Israel tries, the Arabs do not, and then Israelis are blamed for "not trying hard enough". Stop Arab racism, xenophobia and lies. Israelis do not bring politics into sports, Iran and Arabs do this frequently. Tibi's dishonesty knows no bounds.

"I'm not just satisfied with my final result (1:02:32 minutes), but also with the fact that I beat Arabs."

Its so funny that this bastards are the ones that get upset by the presense of an Israeli. THE ENTIRE WORLD COMPETITORS should never swim or compite in any sport wiht representatives of a terrorist country..Thye only have the oportunity and the media to express the sutpidity and become a heroe in her countries.

Americans were proud to beat the Russians during the cold war. Israelis are proud to beat Arabs because they are patriotic, not racist.

Iran backs out of every competition for fear they'll be defeated by Israel. Such a cowardly display of bad sportsmanship.

Go to hell.

Does Tibi secretly aspire to convert and become a Persian Muslim? Does Tibi want to leave the zionist entity and run for parliament in Tehran? Or is simply just another cheap reactionary political opportunist trying to jump on a bandwagon - while showing that he is the real racist for ignoring Iran's fascist policies?

then get hung when he got home.

We hadn't noticed at all.