Iranian Government Lifts Ban on Official Use of Non-Domestic Messaging Apps

According to Ecoiran, citing ISNA, Abbas Pazouki, communications and information deputy at the office of Iran's First Vice President, announced a decision by the special headquarters for organizing and steering cyberspace, chaired by First Vice President Mohammad Reza Aref, under which a years old ban on government agencies using non domestic messaging apps for official communication was lifted with the full consensus of the headquarters' members. Pazouki wrote that an earlier directive had barred state agencies from communicating on international platforms even as the public and media remained active on those same platforms.

At the same meeting, the national Iranbum e government digital ecosystem plan was also discussed; Aref asked the communications ministry to identify and revise conflicting regulations so that government services become fully electronic and paperwork free by the end of the current administration's term.