 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.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.