The study of mental dimension of intentional murder in the Islamic republic of Iran law

ABSTRACT: Mental constituent, as one of the main cornerstones of deliberate crimes, is interpreted as the criminalʹs latent intention and conduct, where the criminalʹs will is directed towards the prohibited action and the realization of the result which has been considered a crime by the penal lawmaker. It is also considered to be one of the most important and difficult elements in interpreting a murder as a deliberate or an unintentional by the judiciaries. For the abovementioned reasons, the researcher is interested in studying and analyzing the mental constituent in Iranian law. The researcher also tries to define the mental constituent and analyze the legal articles related to it as well. The impediments towards the mental attribution of murder are also studied in this article.