This summer, as much of the world remained hunkered down at home amid the coronavirus pandemic, news of a series of mysterious explosions trickled out of Iran. The blasts, which took place at military or strategic locations across the Islamic Republic, including Iran’s Natanz nuclear complex, were attributed by many foreign policy experts to covert Israeli operatives participating in the continuing shadow war between Israel and Iran. For Moshe Zonder, the creator of the new Israeli drama “Tehran,” which aired to immense popularity in Israel this summer just as those centrifuges were detonating, it was the kind of publicity money can’t buy. “Everyone reacted and said, ‘Oh, Tamar Rabinyan is working!’”“Tehran” follows Tamar Rabinyan, an Iranian-born, Israeli-raised spy sent back into Iran on her first deep-cover mission to help coordinate an Israeli attack on Iran’s nuclear program. Apple TV+ picked up the series in June, partnering with Cineflix Rights and the Israeli network Kan 11, and began streaming it around the world on Sept. 25.

Source: International New York Times October 09, 2020 20:48 UTC