Guinness World Records has bestowed the world's shortest man title on an "outgoing and kind" Iranian villager who is just 2ft 1.68in tall.
Afshin Esmaeil Ghaderzadeh, 20, who is from a remote village in Iran's West Azerbaijan Province, said becoming the new shortest male as of Tuesday was "like a dream" after he was found to be 6.86cm shorter than the previous record holder.
The previous shortest man was Edward Niño Hernandez, 30, from Bogotá in Colombia, measured 72.1 cm (2 ft 4.38 in) tall.
