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3.0
Tehran moves away from traditional stereotypes about Iran, and highlights the range of different, and often complicated, feelings the Iranian people h ..
Common Sense Media
4.5
Its a corkscrewing drama that paints a nuanced portrait of a country often caricatured as one dimensionally theocratic and anti Western. Just as impor ..
Telegraph
4.5
Created by first time creators Jabbari Weekes, Tichaona Tapambwa and Phil Witmer, its an absolute delight to watch.
The Globe And Mail
0.0
Tehran is, admittedly, a little difficult to follow at first, and really hits its relentless stride midway through the opener once the plot points are ..
New York Post
3.0
The show isnt as ham fisted as the recent Netflix series The Spy, but it is certainly a solid entry in Apples steadily improving catalogue.
Hindustan Times
3.0
A thriller so hectic it makes Homeland look like one of those ambient noise apps that send you off to sleep.
The Guardian
2.5
This handsome Israeli spy drama is tense and involving from the get go, and while it doesnt always feel as fiendishly plotted as you might expect it t ..
Smh
4.5
Its a glimpse of how one ancient culture portrays another ancient culture particularly one thats currently its avowed enemy.
Npr
3.0
But this initially riveting narrative structure is hampered by a meandering focus on the emotional turmoil of the characters.
Tv Av Club
0.0
The production is cold feeling yet teeming with humanity, with the many urbanscapes particularly compelling in their persuasiveness. With its heart on ..
Hollywood Reporter
0.0
Its not that its on the wrong side of a geopolitical conflict. Its that, emanating from outside the land it takes as its subject, it doesnt have enoug ..
Variety
3.0
Tamar isnt as astute, skilled or focused as American agent Carrie Mathison of Homeland, the American adaptation of Israeli drama Prisoners of War or a ..
Scroll
0.0
Improbable though it is as a spy story, Tehran maintains its suspense throughout, possibly because its about more than spying. Its a tale that incorpo ..
Wsj
3.0
This isnt to say these stories arent welcome; its more that the show starts as one thing and feels like it becomes another, at least in part.
Tell-Tale TV
0.0
This nuanced view of the title city wrapped in a taut thriller makes Tehran an absorbing experience that offers more heft than the average spy thrille ..
Cbr
3.0
The side characters introduce heavy material that doesnt always get the space it needs.
The Spool
3.0
Fact and fiction are perpetually blurred in this captivating spy thriller.
Google
4.5
The true action is configured in the persistent displacement between borders but also between personal loyalties and family roots.
La Nación (Argentina)
3.0
Ideology shouldnt actually matter, and good spies dont have opinions.
Book & Film Globe
0.0
An estrogen charged Israeli thriller that has far more in common with Homeland than Lior Razs Netflix bruiser Fauda.
Haaretz
3.0
Before plunging in, you may want to refresh your memory about the first season, which ended its run in October 2020.
J Post
0.0
Eventually, the reality hits you: There are neither heroes nor villains in Tehran. As in real life, good guys and bad guys are hard to find.
The News-Herald (Willoughb ..
3.0
But like Moshe Zonders last big thriller, Fauda, it shone thanks to its well researched history, its political elements and its characters nuanced mot ..
The Forward
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