Afshin Ghaderzadeh beat Colombian Edward Niño Hernández by 6.86cm
Guinness World Records on Thursday declared Iranian Afshin Esmaeil Ghaderzadeh, 20, as the shortest living man in the world with a height of 65.24 cm (2 ft 1.68 in).
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