ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN SHIPPING LINES.

Iran Fallahi at Lyttelton on 17 March 1986 had a silver-grey funnel with green occupying about its upper third. Its flag’s white band occupied about half the field. A green circle contained a white cargo ship sailing towards the fly, with green inscriptions around it and the green national arms above. The upper green band carried white script, initially thought to have five components. The inscriptions could not then be fully read. Rosanoski later revised I29 from a flag supplied by Dave Martucci in 2011, showing flowing script read by Albert S. Kirsch as Allah Akbar. The flag bore the English wording Islam Rep. of Iran. The count of script components remained uncertain.

I30 is based on Iran Mofid at Lyttelton on 17 May 1991. Its green upper band carried straight-line script, and the emblem’s English inscription read ISLAMIC REP. OF IRAN S.L. The vessel flew no flag: the published flag was reconstructed by assuming that the funnel repeated it. Rosanoski later doubted that assumption and recommended replacing the straight-line inscription with the flowing Allah Akbar found on the actual flag. He wondered whether both scripts represented the same words. The straight-line design had also appeared on an earlier company website. A later website funnel omitted the inscription. Iran Azarbayjan photographs show the I30 funnel, while Iran Bam has I.R.I. SHIPPING LINES and an extra white dash over part of the upper logo.

Brown 1995 shows equal flag bands and a green three-masted ship within a green ring, rather than a white ship on a solid green circle. Rosanoski records this as another reported variation but leaves open whether the simpler rendering reflects an actual change or the small illustration size. Iran Adalat photographed on 7 June 2004 supports the I28 funnel.

I252 shows Iran Akhavan’s starboard funnel on 29 November 2008.

I253 shows Iran Hesabi’s starboard funnel on 17 December 2005.

I254 shows Iran Teyfouri’s starboard funnel in July 2006, with a black emblem and the English inscription I.R.I. Shipping Lines.

I255 shows Iran Yazd’s starboard funnel on 21 March 2007. The ship emblem is definitely green; the inscriptions, including I.R.I. Shipping Lines, are assumed green from a slight tinge but could be black.

I256 represents a second actual flag found by Jonathan Dixon in December 2011, with I.R.I. Shipping Lines as the English text, confirming use of both logo wordings on flags. Rosanoski relates it to photographic funnel variants but questions its equal bands.