Apple TV and Kan delay release of ‘Tehran’ season 3 due to war
The award-winning TV series won’t be screened during ongoing war in Gaza
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Digital platform Apple TV+ and Israel’s Kan public broadcaster have agreed to delay the release of the third season of the award-winning series “Tehran,” due to the ongoing war in Gaza.
The latest season has been filmed and edited, but both Apple TV+ and Kan decided to delay its release for the time being, said a representative for Kan.
“Tehran,” created by Israeli screenwriter Moshe Zonder and “Magpie” writer Omri Shenhar, details the nail-biting missions in Tehran of Tamar Rabinyan, a fictional Mossad agent born in Iran and raised in Israel.
Zonder has long said the series deals with matters of identity and nationality, along with its ripped-from-the-headlines politics and spy stories, of particular interest after the Iranian launch of missiles and drones on April 13 toward Israel.
The thriller, created by Kan, was the first non-English-language series released on Apple’s streaming service after debuting in June 2020 in Israel.
AppleTV+ and Kan are in contact regarding the release of the third season and haven’t yet made a decision regarding a fourth season, said the Kan representative.
Iran is a main backer of the Palestinian Hamas terror group, which started the Gaza war with its devastating October 7 onslaught. It also supports a range of proxy armies throughout the Middle East that have been attacking Israel throughout the war, chief among them Lebanon’s Hezbollah.
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