In the current case of Iran, except for a few international expeditions, Iranian archaeologists are usually constrained by the economic situation of their country which enables important fieldworks only in rare cases, such as dams construction. In this later case, the Ministry of Energy then releases salvage funds to study the areas threatened by the rising water levels, as it has been recently illustrated in the valley of the Seymareh river, in Western Iran.

But the archaeological researches are generally to be considered in a stalemate, not because of any lack of scientific expertise or political will, but because of the absence of sufficient financial means.