Zizek and others on Iran
You knew it was coming, here is Zizek on Iran (but remarkably uninsightful, in my opinion).
For better ones, see the Iranian filmmaker Makhmalbaf (and here), Hamid Dabashi, and of course Robert Fisk.
I usually do not deal with current events on this site. In this case, not only the objective questions affect me subjectively, blurring some lines, I also believe that the events in iran have significant philosophical importance for our times.
(Thanks to Marcus, Peter and Azadeh for some of the links)
July 4th, 2009 at 9:23 pm
He also talked about Iran a lot in this lecture:
http://mariborchan.wordpress.com/2009/06/24/slavoj-zizek-populism-democracy-and-iran/
July 17th, 2009 at 9:19 pm
Somewhat surprisingly, I’d also add Martin Amis on Iran:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jul/17/martin-amis-iran
July 18th, 2009 at 2:30 am
Zizek trajectory is really not a surprise quantum leap – it’s always easy to slip from being a eurocentric marxist to become a racist marxist.