New record: Meet shortest man Afshin Ghaderzadeh 🇮🇷 65.24 cm (2 ft 1.6 in) He is almost 7 cm (2.7 in) shorter than the previous record holder, 36-year-old Edward Niño Hernandez (Colombia). Afshin is the fourth-shortest man ever verified by Guinness World Records. He was flown to our Dubai office where measurements were taken three times over the course of 24 hours, resulting in the accurate record height. Afshin was discovered in a remote village located in Bukan County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran. He can speak both Kurdish and Persian, using the Farsi dialect. He was born with a body weight of 700 g (1.5 lb) and has grown now to be almost 6.5 kg (14.3 lb).