Iran Monitor
Codebook
Definitions of every published field in Iran Monitor. The Introduced in column records the release in which a field first appeared, so later additions remain distinguishable from the original fields.
Generated from the tables on this page
Included records — field definitions
Fields of the included-person records published in the Iran Monitor database.
| Field | Definition | Introduced in |
|---|---|---|
| Iran Monitor ID | Permanent identifier in the form IRM-P-####. It is maintained technically and is not edited in the master workbook. | v1.0 |
| Name | Canonical public English name used by Iran Monitor. | v1.0 |
| Aliases | Alternative spellings or transliterations retained for search and disambiguation. | v1.0 |
| Role at death | Fact-checked role, rank, institutional affiliation, command responsibility, or specialist function at the time of death. Wording is qualified when precise details are not securely established. | v1.0 |
| Category | One of: Diplomatic; Intelligence/Security; Military; Nuclear/Scientific; Political; State Media; Others. | v1.0 |
| Death date | Date of death in ISO format (YYYY-MM-DD). | v1.0 |
| Location | Place of the qualifying lethal event. | v1.0 |
| Country | Country in which the qualifying lethal event occurred. | v1.0 |
| Actor | Foreign state or non-Iranian organization to which the qualifying lethal operation is attributed under the event criterion. No separate public attribution-confidence field is used. | v1.0 |
| Event | Plain-language grouping for the operation or event associated with the death. | v1.0 |
| Circumstances | Concise description of how the person was killed and the immediate circumstances, limited to details that can be supported by the available public evidence. | v1.0 |
| Selected Sources | Up to three sources chosen to represent the principal evidentiary basis of the record collectively. They are not claim-by-claim citations and are not an exhaustive bibliography. | v1.0 |
Reviewed Exclusions — field definitions
Fields of the reviewed-candidate records published in the exclusion register.
| Field | Definition | Introduced in |
|---|---|---|
| Iran Monitor ID | Permanent Iran Monitor identifier assigned to the reviewed candidate. | v1.0 |
| Name | Canonical public English name. | v1.0 |
| Role at death | Role or function considered during eligibility review. | v1.0 |
| Date | Death date or relevant date available during review. | v1.0 |
| Reason for exclusion | Principal reason the case did not qualify for the current release. | v1.0 |
| Note | Brief explanation of the exclusion decision where needed. | v1.0 |
Related pages
The records themselves are in the Database, excluded candidates in Reviewed Exclusions, and coding rules in Methodology.