The situation of sociology in Iran is problematic,the studies have never explained the process of this situation. To study this problematic situation, we used the method of conditional/consequential matrix. According to the research findings, the core category leading to this was a lack of formal recognition of sociology. The lack of formality of sociology in the general sense was due to the lack of recognition of several categories, including the lack of social recognition of sociology, and the lack of recognition of sociological criteria. This situation, at the micro-level, is related to scientific communities and sociological actors,at the intermediate level, it is connected to public and academic knowledge,at the macro level, it is related to economic, political, and ideological fields,at the super macro level, it is connected to the international order, the oil state, and the experience of modernity.