Comparative Study of Crime Plurality in the Iranian and United States Criminal law

In the United States, multiple-offenses are dealt with as a single offense, and in immaterial plurality offenses, state attorneys will have the power to request that the court issue an aggravated offense. Differently, one-sided or two-sided will intensify the punishment to different degrees. In Iran, crimes are aggravated according to their punishment and frequency of repetition. The findings of this study show; Although the multiplicity of crimes in both systems aggravates the punishment, the method of aggravation of punishment in these two countries is different because in the United States the principle is the simultaneous execution of punishments and in cases where the court follows the sequence of punishments, the balance between crime and situation must be Consider the culprit as well as the sum of the punishments, but in Iranian law the procedure of the legislature varies according to the type of punishment.