The burning tires’ black smoke filled the street. The sound of bullets and slogans came from every corner. Sever-al soldiers had kneeled and pointed their weapons toward the people. Mohsen crawled army style on the ground along a gutter, picked up a piece of rock and threw it to the soldiers. The rock hit the commander’s head and he yelped, a moment later, a mass of stone and brick rained on the soldiers. The soldiers fled. The people moved to-ward the US embassy in Tehran, shouting slogans. The crowd reached the embassy’s large gate. The embassy security shot big, red, teargas canisters from the embassy’s yard to the street. Mohsen, along with the other kids, ignited the tires to prevent the teargas dispersion and . . .

Davoud Amirian (1970-Kerman) Davood Amirian is the writer who well-known figure in the Iranian children and young adults' literature. His main interest of subject is war literature. He published his memories of Iran-Iraq war at the age of twenty. Satire and presence of young active and ambitious youths are characteristics of Amiriyan's works.