Presidency of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad visited Ankara to reinforce relations with Turkey immediately after the 2007 NIE report was released. Relations were briefly strained after President Abdullah Gul had stated that he wants the atomic threat to be eliminated from the region, perhaps a hint to Iran; however, business has remained cordial between the two countries. Despite US disapproval, they signed a multibillion-dollar gas pipeline deal in late 2007. Iran's relations with the Arab states have been complex, partly due to the Islamic Revolution of decades ago, as well as more recent efforts by the United States to establish a united front against Iran over
Lady Abdullah Haroon Lady Abdullah Haroon Lady Abdullah Haroon (1886–1966), whose real name was Nusrat Khanum, (Urdu: ) was a socialite before the independence of Pakistan. Haroon was born in a Shia family in Iran, but later settled in Karachi, where in 1914 she was married local business man & politician Abdullah Haroon. She founded the organization Anjuman-i-Khawateen to improve the social and economic condition of the women of Sindh. In 1938, she was nominated to the Women's Central Subcommittee of the All India Muslim League and later she was also elected President of the Sindh Provincial Women's Subcommitte. She was a devoted