On 13 May 2012 Amir Hassan Cheheltan presented in Cologne Literaturhaus his latest novel “to kill Americans in Tehran” before. An irritating title. Provocative and ambiguous, he can sit up and arouses curiosity. Who killed who? An ambivalence that is reflected in the relationship between the two countries, Iran and the United States, the Cheheltan raises in his book. The author provides his readers in six episodes of an insight into the historical background of confusion and violence between Iran and the United States. From various perspectives of ordinary, simple people can pass Cheheltan the historical events from 1924 to 1988 in review and makes them feel close.