Saeed Hadadian (Persian: سعید حدادیان) is an Iranian "Maddah" (Maddahi reader)[1][2][3] who was born on 7 May 1965[4] in Tehran;[5] and he is originally from the city of Nain.
Saeed Hadadian is a Dhakir (Dhikr reciter) who holds Hei'ats (public places for religious rituals/mourning)[6] in the "(great) Mahdieh of Imam-Hassan" in Tehran.
[7] This Iranian Maddah who is not considered to be among educated Iranian Noha readers,[8] teaches Ma'aref related lessons at "Daneshgah-Tehran" (university of Tehran).
According to reports, he went to Syria (with his son)[9] in order to defend the shrine of Sayyidah Zaynab against the assaults of ISIS.
In regards to his occupation, the report mentions that he was employed in 'University of Tehran' 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 representative) at the university.