The present study aims to narrate the lived experience of Tehran residents of the American-Zionist War and its social consequences. This study, with a qualitative approach based on narrative analysis and content analysis, examines the representation of the war experience in everyday life, social relations, perception of resistance, and future perspectives. Data were collected through in-depth interviews and analyzed using coding and categorization methods.

The findings show that the war experience is a multidimensional phenomenon and is accompanied by changes in life patterns, increased economic pressures, uncertainty, and psychological tensions. At the same time, social solidarity, family relationships, and informal support networks have played an important role in strengthening social resilience. Resistance has also been interpreted in the participants' narratives mainly in the form of maintaining daily life, social cohesion, and collective responsibility. Also, the look to the future of Iran shows a mixture of hope, concern, and uncertainty. In sum, the experience of war for the participants is not simply a military event, but a socio-semantic process in which the capacity to face crises is based on communication networks, cultural resources, and shared semantic frameworks.