Originally made for Israeli TV, Tehran is an eight-part espionage drama created by Moshe Zonder, whose writing credits include the much-feted Fauda. Written by Zonder and Omri Shenhar and directed by Daniel Syrkin, the Apple TV+ series is a high-octane thriller about a covert Mossad operation in Tehran to destroy Iran’s nuclear programme. When the plan goes awry, Tamar (Niv Sultan), the tech-savvy agent assigned an important mission, is forced to go off-grid and figure out her survival.
While Fauda spotlights fragile Israel-Palestine relations, in Tehran, Zonder uses an agent on the run to explore the complexities and volatility of Israeli-Iranian relations.
The show begins with a plane en route from Jordan to India that is forced to land in Tehran. The action shifts to the Iranian capital (the show was actually shot in Athens, Greece). The creators waste no time in amping…