page_title: IRISL Group
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: IRISL Group / History
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Le navire cargo iranien "Iran Sadr" en escale au port de La Pallice. Ce navire est un vraquier (bulk carrier) contruit en Corée par Daewoo et lancé en 1985. Il appartient (2009) à la compagnie de navigation Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines. IMO 8320121. En persan, "Iran Sadr" s' écrit ایران صدر. Port de commerce de La Rochelle-Pallice, La Rochelle, Charente Maritime, France.
context_page_description: The Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Line Group, more known by the business name IRISL Group, is a shipping line based in Iran. Its fleet comprises 115 ocean-going vessels with a total capacity of 3.3 million tons deadweight, with 87 ocean-going vessels owned by IRISL while the remaining 28 ships owned under the flag of subsidiaries such as Khazar Shipping, Valfajr as well as Iran-India Shipping Companies. They are manned by 6,000 personnel who work under the flag of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the Caspian Sea, Persian Gulf, international waters and various ports of the world.
  IRISL has been sanctioned by the United States, United Nations, European Union, and other parties for its role in assisting Iran's nuclear and ballistic missile development programs. However, the return of the line to the world market was expected by early winter 2016, as a result of the Iran nuclear deal between Iran, the P5+1/EU3+3 powers, and the EU in August 2015. Since the USA pulled out of the Iran Nuclear Deal, the IRISL was added back to the CIA's sanctions list on June 8, 2020. IRISL has also announced its plans to become one of the world's top ten shipping lines by 2020.
context_section_description: Due to the increase in the volume of imports into Iran since early 1960, consequence of which was to employ many foreign flag vessels to trade within Iranian ports caused some concerns to the country. In addition, the need and importance of a regular carriage of goods by sea and considering peculiar geographical characteristic, accessibility to open seas, with having had long water boundary and water ways to and from Iran made the necessity in initiating a research study to establish the first and biggest integrated national shipping lines. The result of the research study, which was started in 1961, was approved by the first general assembly meeting to establish Iranian National Shipping Company in August 1967 with the name of Aria Shipping Lines.
  Aria Shipping started its activity in 1967 by two small-size vessels with capacity of 1,000 and 1,550 tonnes in Persian Gulf area and 4 ocean-going vessels, namely, Aria Sep, Aria Far, Aria Naz and Aria Gaam with the total capacity of 61,252 tonnes that had been put into service between the Persian Gulf-Europe, Asia and America. By the end of 1978 the number of Aria shipping vessels was 42, with the total capacity of 525,000 DWT, which proved the increasing of the sea transportation volume by Aria shipping lines and its effective role in Iran economy.
  After the Islamic Revolution and change of economical and political policy on January 5, 1979, the authority renamed the Aria Shipping to Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL) and affiliated the company to the ministry of commerce.
  During the Iran–Iraq War, numerous vessels such as Aria Boom, Aria Jahan, Aria Shaad, Aria Omid, became total losses due to missile attacks, as a result of which the IRISL suffered dearly. After this period, the names of all the vessels were changed to those of martyrs and cities with the prefix "IRAN".
  However, since American sanctions (over Iran's support for various groups and nuclear program) have begun to hinder IRISL has taken to quickly renaming its ships under shell companies in order to continue trading in banned goods. The sanctions are removed as a result of JCPOA deal with P5 +1 powers on lifting of nuclear sanctions against Iran, as of Winter 2016.
caption: Iran 'Sadr', Iran Shipping Lines. The International Maritime Organization has 140 member states with Iran ranking among the top 20.[4]
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