University of Guilan (with the participation of the Iranian Association of Penal Law) Criminal Law Research 2322-2328 Articles in Press 2026 06 05 Aggravating Factors for the Criminal Damage in the Iranian, English and Welsh Criminal Law Aggravating Factors for the Criminal Damage in the Iranian, English and Welsh Criminal Law 9662 10.22124/jol.2026.32226.2669 FA Amir ٍEtemadi Assistant Professor, Department of Criminal Law and Criminology, Faculty of Law, University of Qom, Qom, Iran. Journal Article 2025 11 08 The offence of criminal damage is committed when a person intentionally destroys or damages property belonging to another. This offence can be divided into two categories: simple criminal damage and aggravated criminal damage. In aggravated criminal damage, some factors play a role as an aggravating factor for the offence of criminal damage. In Iranian criminal law, the legislator has considered the use of explosives and the intention to confront the Islamic state as aggravating factors for the offence of criminal damage, but has not paid attention to aspects such as the intention to endanger the life of another. But, in the English and Welsh criminal law, the legislator has considered the use of fire, the intention to endanger the life of another, and racial or religious motives as aggravating factors for criminal damage. Accordingly, this article, using the descriptive-analytical method and by comparing the aforementioned legal systems, has proposed solutions to the Iranian legislator, such as eliminating the mere intention to confront the Islamic state and replacing it with the intention to endanger the life of another. The offence of criminal damage is committed when a person intentionally destroys or damages property belonging to another. This offence can be divided into two categories: simple criminal damage and aggravated criminal damage. In aggravated criminal damage, some factors play a role as an aggravating factor for the offence of criminal damage. In Iranian criminal law, the legislator has considered the use of explosives and the intention to confront the Islamic state as aggravating factors for the offence of criminal damage, but has not paid attention to aspects such as the intention to endanger the life of another. But, in the English and Welsh criminal law, the legislator has considered the use of fire, the intention to endanger the life of another, and racial or religious motives as aggravating factors for criminal damage. Accordingly, this article, using the descriptive-analytical method and by comparing the aforementioned legal systems, has proposed solutions to the Iranian legislator, such as eliminating the mere intention to confront the Islamic state and replacing it with the intention to endanger the life of another. https://jol.guilan.ac.ir/article_9662_8e0dfbe17560371e9f6a8386b5438af5.pdf