About Tehran
Tehran is an acclaimed Israeli espionage thriller that follows Tamar Rabinyan, a young Mossad computer hacker sent into the field for the first time. Born in the Iranian capital and fluent in Persian, she is chosen for a covert operation that requires her to slip back into the city of her birth under a false identity. When the carefully laid plan unravels almost as soon as it begins, Tamar is left stranded deep in hostile territory, cut off from her handlers and forced to improvise to stay alive.
Across two tightly wound seasons, the series tracks Tamar as she leans on tradecraft, nerve, and a thin network of local contacts to survive while a relentless counterintelligence officer closes in on her trail. The show keeps its tension intimate, dwelling on the small lies, hesitations, and split-second choices that keep an undercover agent breathing one more day. Geopolitics stays in the background; the real subject is the human cost of a life spent in disguise, where every relationship is a risk and trust is the rarest currency.
Created by Moshe Zonder and produced for Israel's Kan public broadcaster before reaching a global audience on Apple TV+, Tehran won the International Emmy for Best Drama Series and earned wide praise for its restraint and craft. The second season expands the world with the arrival of a long-embedded asset who becomes both mentor and complication for Tamar, deepening the story's questions about loyalty, identity, and how much of herself an agent can afford to lose.
