Adib Boroumand

Adib Boroumand (or Adīb Borūmand) (Persian: ادیب برومند; 11 June 1924 – 13 March 2017) was an Iranian poet, politician, and lawyer.

[1] He was born on 11 June 1924 in Gaz, Borkhar County, Isfahan, Persia (present-day Iran).

Abdol Ali (Adib) Boroumand was born on 11 June 1924 in Gaz, Borkhar, Esfahan, Persia (now Iran).

After the war, Adib obtained his bachelor's degree in judicial law from the University of Tehran, while still studying literature and learning French and Arabic.

He then began to write about what he believed to be a need for reform in Persia, acquainting himself with political parties and politicians in the nation.

He then wrote his second book named Iran Opera in Tumult, a controversial piece of writing which complained about the bad conditions that many people believed were in place in the country at the time.

His poems were used as propaganda by Mosaddegh's government and supporters by being read out on radio broadcasts and passed out on paper pamphlets.

During the 1953 Iranian coup d'état, Adib, alongside the National Front, fought against the newly established regime.

After this, Adib was elected as one of the five board members during Karim Sanjabi's reorganization of the National Front.

Mohammad Mosaddegh , the founder of the National Front and the overthrown Prime Minister of Iran. Adib was a supporter of Mosaddegh's movement. Mosaddegh gifted this image to Adib. The text on the image: "Dedicated to Mr. Adib Boroumand. Prison of 2nd Armorial Division, Tir 20 1333 [July 11, 1954].
NF leaders in Adib House in 2010