Saeed Hadadian () is an Iranian "Maddah" ( Maddahi reader) who was born on 7 May 1965 in

Tehran Tehran (; , ''Tehrân'') is the capital and largest city of Iran. It is the capital of Tehran province, and the administrative center for Tehran County and its Central District (Tehran County), Central District. With a population of around 9. ...

; and he is originally from the city of Nain. Saeed Hadadian is a Dhakir (

Dhikr (; ; ) is a form of Islamic worship in which phrases or prayers are repeatedly recited for the purpose of remembering God. It plays a central role in Sufism, and each Sufi order typically adopts a specific ''dhikr'', accompanied by specific ...

reciter) who holds Hei'ats (public places for religious rituals/mourning) in the "(great) Mahdieh of Imam-Hassan" in Tehran. This Iranian Maddah who is not considered to be among educated Iranian

Noha A Nowheh, Nohay or Noha ( ''nowheh'', ; translit. ''nūḥa/nawḥa''; ), when interpreted in light of Shia views, is an elegy about the martyrdom of Husayn ibn Ali and his family and companions in the Battle of Karbala. Marsiya and Nowheh hav ...

readers, teaches Ma'aref related lessons at " Daneshgah-Tehran" (university of Tehran). According to reports, he went to Syria (with his son) in order to defend the shrine of Sayyidah Zaynab against the assaults of ISIS. Saeed Hadadian who is also known as "Haj Saeed Hadadian", is considered among the Maddahs who perform Maddahi at the presence of the

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of Iran. In regards to his occupation, the report mentions that he was employed in '

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' in 1997, and was the person in charge of "Qur'an section" (at that university) till the year 2000, and has been appointed as the responsible for literature office (of

Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist The Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist (, also ''Velayat-e Faghih''; ) is a concept in Twelver Shia Islamic law which holds that until the reappearance of the "infallible Imam" (sometime before Judgement Day), the religious and social affairs ...

representative) at the university.Hadadian (Haj Saeed)
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