Tehran | Dramay

[ Mossad Hacker: Tamar Rabinyan ] │ ▼ (Undercover Mission) [ Infiltrates Tehran Electric Grid ] │ ▼ (System Failure / Identity Exposed) [ Stranded in the Tehran Underground Subculture ]

On the same day as the main takeover, three Americans were at the Iranian Foreign Ministry. They escaped and hid with the British, then moved to the Canadian ambassador’s residence. Four more embassy staff had slipped out a side door and found refuge with the Swedish and British embassies, eventually joining the Canadians. In January 1980, the six Americans (Mark and Cora Lijek, Joe and Kathy Stafford, Bob Anders, and Lee Schatz) were moved to the home of Canadian diplomat John Sheardown, then to Ambassador Ken Taylor’s residence. The Hollywood Cover Story: CIA exfiltration expert Tony Mendez flew to Tehran. His plan: create a fake sci-fi film called Argo , open a phony studio office in Los Angeles, and pass the six Americans off as a Canadian film crew scouting locations. They rehearsed their cover story, invented fake Canadian passports, and on January 28, 1980, walked through security at Mehrabad Airport and flew to Zurich. The Betrayal: Three days later, Iran’s new government learned of the escape. They arrested the Canadian chargé d’affaires but released him. The six Americans arrived home safely on February 1. dramay tehran

The twist? The mission goes wrong in the first episode. Tamar is stranded, her handlers are scrambling, and the entire intelligence apparatus of Tehran is hunting her. Unlike James Bond who slips through crowds unnoticed, Tamar is perpetually terrified, out of her depth, and operating in a city where one wrong look at a checkpoint means execution. [ Mossad Hacker: Tamar Rabinyan ] │ ▼