{"id":135306,"date":"2026-02-16T18:02:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T18:02:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/135306\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T18:02:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T18:02:16","slug":"israeli-producer-dana-eden-of-spy-thriller-tehran-found-dead-in-athens-hotel-cops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/135306\/","title":{"rendered":"Israeli producer, Dana Eden, of spy thriller &#8216;Tehran&#8217; found dead in Athens hotel: cops"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dana Eden, the producer behind the hit Israeli show \u201cTehran,\u201d has been found dead in an Athens hotel room, according to Greek cops.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The 52-year-old was found dead Sunday, and police are probing her death as a suicide after Greek investigators said they found her neck bruised with pills located at the scene. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She was in the Greek capital filming the fourth season of the Apple TV+ spy series, which revolves around a Mossad agent trying to infiltrate the Iran regime, and her body was found by her brother, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/award-winning-tehran-producer-found-dead-in-athens-hotel-room\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">according to the broadcaster Kan<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:0.66699219;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38504657\" width=\"394\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/dana-eden-attends-apple-tv-121464441.jpg\" alt=\"Dana Eden attends the Apple TV+ &quot;Tehran&quot; Season 2 Premiere.\" class=\"wp-image-38504657\"  \/>Dana Eden, the producer of the spy thriller \u201cTehran,\u201d has been found dead. Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>He grew concerned when she didn\u2019t respond to his text messages.<\/p>\n<p>Eden was found with bruises on her neck and the lower parts of her body, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tanea.gr\/2026\/02\/16\/world\/athina-israilini-paragogos-tis-seiras-texerani-i-gynaika-pou-vrethike-nekri-se-ksenodoxeio\/#goog_rewarded\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">reported by the local outlet Ta Nea.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The production company behind \u201cTehran\u201d has dismissed any reports of foul play.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe production company wants to make it clear that the rumors of the death being criminal or nationalistic are not true and baseless,\u201d a spokesperson for Donna and Shula Productions <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/award-winning-tehran-producer-found-dead-in-athens-hotel-room\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">told the Times of Israel.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe call on the media and the public not to publish unfounded theories and to act with responsibility and sensitivity. This is a moment of immense pain for the family, friends, and colleagues.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want to preserve Dana\u2019s dignity and her privacy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Israeli broadcasting chiefs said they were saddened by Eden\u2019s death.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDana was among the senior figures in the Israeli television industry and was a central figure in the creation and leadership of some of the corporation\u2019s most prominent and influential productions,\u201d the corporation said. <\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:0.6673913;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38504658\" width=\"307\" height=\"460\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/tehran-apple-tv-series-1-121464585.jpg\" alt=\"Promotional poster for the Apple TV+ series &quot;Tehran&quot; featuring a woman in a headscarf and sunglasses holding a handgun.\" class=\"wp-image-38504658\"  \/>The series revolves around a Mossad computer hacker who tries to infiltrate the regime.  Apple TV<\/p>\n<p>Eden has previously worked on the shows \u201cSaving the Wildlife,\u201d \u201cShe Has It,\u201d and \u201cShakshouka.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The third season of \u201cTehran\u201d premiered on Apple TV+ on Jan. 9.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It was supposed to be released last July \u2014 just weeks after <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/06\/23\/world-news\/us-strikes-iran-6-23-25\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Israel\u2019s 12-day war<\/a> with Iran \u2014 before the date was pushed back.<\/p>\n<p>The show won an International Emmy Award in 2021 and was nominated for a Critics Choice Award in the Best Foreign Language Series category in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>If you are struggling with suicidal thoughts or are experiencing a mental health crisis and live in New York City, you can call 1-888-NYC-WELL for free and confidential crisis counseling. If you live outside the five boroughs, you can dial the 24\/7 National Suicide Prevention hotline at 988 or go to <a href=\"http:\/\/SuicidePreventionLifeline.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">SuicidePreventionLifeline.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>With Post wires<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dana Eden, the producer behind the hit Israeli show \u201cTehran,\u201d has been found dead in an Athens hotel&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":135307,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[24682,394,9,11,10,1076],"class_list":{"0":"post-135306","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-apple-tv","9":"tag-celebrity-deaths","10":"tag-new-york","11":"tag-new-york-headlines","12":"tag-new-york-news","13":"tag-world-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135306","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135306"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135306\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/135307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}