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Israeli shaper Dana Eden, champion known for co-creating the Emmy-winning espionage thriller “Tehran,” has died abruptly successful Greece, Israeli nationalist broadcaster KAN said connected Monday (February 16, 2026).
Ms. Eden, 52, was recovered dormant successful a edifice successful the Greek capital, Athens, a Greek constabulary authoritative said, adding that archetypal indications suggested that determination was nary suspicion of foul play. The authoritative spoke connected information of anonymity arsenic Greek constabulary bash not remark publically successful specified cases.
KAN said Ms. Eden was successful Greece for the filming of the deed series’ 4th season. “Dana was among the starring figures successful Israel’s tv manufacture and played a cardinal relation successful the instauration and enactment of immoderate of the astir salient and influential productions wrong the corporation,” KAN said successful a statement. It did not springiness a origin of death.
“Her nonrecreational work, uncompromising dedication, and emotion for instauration near a heavy people connected the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation. KAN shares successful the heavy sorrow of her family, friends and colleagues,” the broadcaster said.
In a connection posted connected its Facebook page, Ms. Eden’s accumulation company, Donna and Shula Productions, sought to dispel rumours that the shaper had been killed. “The accumulation institution wishes to clarify that the rumours of a transgression oregon nationally motivated decease are mendacious and unfounded,” it said.
“This is simply a infinitesimal of large symptom for the family, friends and colleagues. We inquire that Dana’s dignity and the privateness of her loved ones beryllium respected,” the accumulation institution said.
Israel’s Culture and Sports Minister Miki Zohar, successful a societal media station connected X, said it was “with large sadness” that helium had received the quality of Ms. Eden’s death, describing her arsenic “one of the astir salient and influential producers successful the Israeli tv industry.”
“Dana near a heavy people connected Israeli instauration and brought our communicative to planetary stages with pride, endowment and courage,” Mr. Zohar said.
“Tehran,” which premiered successful Israel and connected Apple TV successful 2020, tells the communicative of Tamar Rabinyan, a young Mossad operative tasked with hacking into and disabling the Iranian atomic reactor truthful the Israeli subject tin transportation retired an airstrike. The amusement was named champion play bid astatine the 49th International Emmy Awards successful November 2021.
Ms. Eden started moving successful TV accumulation successful Israel successful the 1990s, moving connected shows including drama “Yom Haem” and transgression play “Magpie,” earlier uncovering planetary occurrence with “Tehran.”
In 2018, her amusement “Saving the Wildlife” won Best TV Magazine for Children and Youth astatine the Awards of the Israeli Television Academy.
