Code Item

Iran-affiliated

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A. Relationship to events *

Documents a concrete event

Dramatizes or symbolically represents a real event

Imagines a future, hypothetical, or threatened event

Communicates a general symbolic message

Unclear or cannot determine

B1. Informational and routine communication

Reports or updates on events

Explains or interprets an event

Routine or mundane communication

Domestic nonwar content

B2. Self-presentation and legitimation

Glorifies the country, government, or leader

Celebrates military power or technological capability

Signals resolve, resilience, or future victory

Depicts victimhood, suffering, or moral innocence

Commemorates sacrifice or martyrdom

Justifies or legitimates violence

B3. Enemy-directed communication

Threatens or intimidates

Depicts enemy weakness or vulnerability

Mocks or humiliates the enemy

Seeks to polarize the enemy public

Encourages opposition to enemy leadership

Expresses solidarity with enemy civilians

B4. Domestic political contestation

Criticizes one’s own government or leadership

Uses domestic polarizing rhetoric

No clear strategic or communicative function is captured above

D. Visual form

Photographic or documentary appearance

Cinematic or theatrical composition

Poster-like or propagandistic design

Humorous, satirical, or meme-like

Fantastical, impossible, or hyperbolic imagery

National symbols

Religious symbols

Visible destruction, injury, or suffering

Military hardware or technological systems

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