Niv Sultan, star of Tehran, will play the lead role in the upcoming Israeli/international drama Heart of a Killer. She will portray a doctor involved in illegal organ harvesting and trafficking. The series is currently filming and was created by Liad Shoham, Gal Zaid, and Roni Yaddor, and directed by Evgeny Ruman. Sultan gained international recognition for her role in Tehran and won the Best Actress Award from the Israeli Academy. She made headlines earlier this year for her Instagram story after the reported killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh.