According to state media, Iranian authorities have voted to lift the ban on Meta’s instant messaging platforms WhatsApp and Google Play as a first step to ease internet restrictions.

The official IRNA news agency reported Tuesday that “a positive majority vote has been reached to lift limitations on access to some popular foreign platforms such as WhatsApp and Google Play.”

President Masoud Pezeshkian, who took office in July, had promised to ease Iran’s longstanding internet restrictions.