Israeli Boycott
In October 2011, Ehsan Ghaem-Maghami was expelled from the Corsica Masters international chess tournament in Bastia, France for refusing to play in his scheduled match against Israeli player Ehud Sachar. Ghaem-Maghami told organizers he would not play the Israeli for political reasons. The Islamic Republic of Iran, which refuses to recognize the existence of the Jewish state and regularly calls for its destruction, has long refused to engage in sports competition against Israel.
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