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Does the new TV series ‘Tehran’ inadvertently glorify the Iranian regime?

JL;DR SUMMARY "Tehran," an Israeli TV series debuting on AppleTV, portrays the clash between Mossad and Iranian intelligence agents, but has faced criticism for potentially glorifying the Iranian regime by inaccurately depicting Iranian dissidents and intelligence agents. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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MossadPropagandaTehranOppressionIranian RegimeCultural RevolutionEspionageDaniel SyrkinIranian StudentsAppletv

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Tehran, Fars, Iran
"Certain scenes were actually shot on location in the shows titular Iranian capital."
California, United States
"an Israeli TV miniseries debuting in America next month on AppleTV."

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