Excitation functions have been determined for the formation of ten iodine nuclides (" I -' I) in the interaction of 60 -350 MeV m+ and m with ' I. The contribution of various reaction mechanisms has been estimated from the systematic features of the excitation functions and isotopic yield distributions with the aid of cross sections obtained for the production of various isobaric xenon nuclides, cross-section results for 500 MeV proton bombardment of ' I, and comparison with Monte Carlo cascade-evaporation calculations. It is found that, with varying importance, mechanisms involving direct neutron knockout, pion inelastic scattering plus evaporation, pion absorption, and pion charge exchange contribute to the observed yields. NUCLEAR REACTIONS ' 'I(m. -+,m.xn), x =1 -10, excitation functions (activation), T"=60 -350 MeV. KI targets. Deduced reaction mechanisms.