Causing Fear of application of the Violence as an Assault against the Person's Psychical Integrity, in Iranian and English Criminal Systems

Although the result of criminal behaviour against the person is often shown as some sort of physical injury, but in some cases, the committed behavior may cause the victim to fear and panic, fear that violence will be used against him in the near future. In these situations, the victim without takes action against him/herself or another, because of the fear created, such as inflicting some harm, suffers some kind of psychological harm, so that it can be said that her psychical integrity is assaulted. In the English criminal system, this type of assault has a certain criminal title, But Iranian lawmaker do not pay attention to committing such conducts specifically, so the courts have to determine Arsh. However, comparative study of the mentioned behaviors in the two Iranian and English criminal systems indicates the need to criminalize, and also to determine the appropriate Taezir punishment for them, in particular.