Tehran

Tehran : A Mossad agent embarks on her first mission as a computer hacker in her home town of Tehran.

ehran (Hebrew: טהרן) is an Israeli spy thriller television series created by Moshe Zonder for the Israeli public channel Kan 11. Written by Zonder and Omri Shenhar and directed by Daniel Syrkin, the series premiered in Israel on June 22, 2020 and September 25 internationally on Apple TV+.

Featuring dialogue in Hebrew, Persian and English, the series follows a Mossad agent on her first mission in Iran's capital, which also happens to be the place of her birth.

On January 26, 2021, it was announced that the series had been renewed by Apple TV+ for a second season. The second season was released on May 6, 2022.

At the International Emmy Awards ceremony held in November 2021, Tehran received the award for best drama series, becoming the first ever Israeli series to win this award.

Tehran

Season 1 Tehran

Protagonist Tamar Rabinyan, a young Jewish woman born in Iran but raised in Israel, is a Mossad agent and computer hacker on an undercover mission in the Iranian capital to disable a nuclear reactor. Her objective is neutralizing Iranian air defenses so that the Israeli Air Force can bomb a nuclear plant and prevent Iran from obtaining an atomic bomb. When she arrives in Iran she switches identities with Zhila Gorbanifar, a Muslim employee of the local electric company.

In Zhila's place she enters the electric company station and connects to the computer network. Then she tries to cut electric power to the Iranian radar system, in order to facilitate an ongoing Israeli Air Force attack. Her mission fails because her boss, who thinks she is Zhila, tries to rape her and is killed in a fight that ensues. After escaping, Tamar has to go into hiding.

Being born in Iran and having moved to Israel when she was six, Tamar now discovers her local roots, goes to see her aunt, and befriends Iranian pro-democracy activists. Meanwhile, she is hunted by Faraz Kamali, head of investigations of the Revolutionary Guards.

Season 2 Tehran

Hebrew poster of season 2; featuring Israeli actress Niv Sultan (left) and American actress Glenn Close (right)

Prior to being smuggled out of Iran to start a new life in Canada, Tamar accepts a mission to rescue one of the Israeli pilots captured after the reactor mission. At the hospital where the pilot is being held, she encounters Marjan Montazami, a psychotherapist and local agent for Mossad, who aids in her escape.

Tamar's aunt is executed for assisting her, and a devastated Tamar agrees to stay in Tehran with Milad to undertake a new mission: the assassination of Qasem Mohammadi who has been promoted to head of the Revolutionary Guard.

Tamar works to gain access to Mohammadi by getting close to his son, Peyman. Faraz Kamali continues his relentless pursuit of Tamar, but finds himself compromised as Marjan begins working as a psychotherapist for his wife following her abduction and release by Mossad.

In spite of Faraz's reluctant assistance, Tamar's attempt to poison Mohammadi fails, as does an attempt to kill him with a booby-trapped phone. Mossad head Yulia Magen calls off the mission, but Tamar and Milad try to take control of Mohammadi's sports car as he races against his son, which only results in Peyman's death.

Marjan is poisoned by Naahid, Faraz's wife. Tamar manages to kill Mohammadi with the explosive mobile phone. Milad is killed by a car bomb planted by the Mossad in the escape car, leaving Tamar alone and trapped in Iran with no-one to trust.

Main

• Niv Sultan as Tamar Rabinyan, a young Jewish woman born in Iran but raised in Israel, a Mossad agent and computer hacker
• Shaun Toub as Faraz Kamali, head of investigations of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
• Shervin Alenabi as Milad, Tamar's boyfriend (seasons 1-2)
• Menashe Noy as Meir Gorev (season 1)
• Liraz Charhi as Yael Kadosh (season 1)
• Shila Ommi as Naahid, wife of Faraz Kamali (season 2; recurring season 1)
• Darius Homayoun as Peyman Mohammadi, son of Qasem and Fatemeh Mohammadi (season 2)
• Glenn Close as Marjan Montazami (season 2)

Special guest stars

• Navid Negahban as Masoud Tabrizi (season 1)