Adab was born in
Sanandaj,
Kurdistan province, as a son of Baqer, a
landowner. He received his master's degree in
civil engineering from
Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnique). He was elected to the
Majlis of Iran as an
independent in the
1996 and
2000 Iranian legislative elections, representing the constituency of (comprising Sanandaj,
Kamyaran and
Dîwandere) during the fifth and sixth terms of this assembly. In an interview for the
Deutsche Welle, he said that the group aimed to work for democracy, justice and equality, and to enable Kurdish participation in the "pyramid of power". Iranian Confederation of Employers' Associations (ICEA), which the government attempted to dissolve and substitute in late 2006. In an interview for the US-funded
Radio Farda in May 2006, he denounced the portrayal of
capitalists as "bloodsuckers and parasites" in the Islamic Republic of Iran and appealed to the state to improve legal protection for investors and businesses in the country. He died of
stomach cancer on 16 August 2007 in Tehran. He was buried in "Bahasht Mhamadi" Behesht-e Mohammadi cemetery in Sanandaj alongside his parents. ==References==