According to Press TV, a man from the city of Saqqez in the province of Kurdistan was born in February 1882.
His name is Ahmad Soufi and his family describes him as a kind, friendly, always ready to come to everyone’s help person.
احمد صوفی متولد 1260 و مسن ترین فرد سرشماری شده کشور با 135 سال سن در سقز زندگی می کند
— نکست (@thenextir) November 23, 2016
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Soufi seems healthy and does not show any signs of disease. He doesn’t have his own children but has 4 adopted ones.
بر اساس سرشماری سراسری امسال آقای احمد صوفی، اهل سقز با ۱۳۵ سال سن بهعنوان پیرترین ایرانی شناخته شده. آقای صوفی متولد ۱۲۶۰ است. pic.twitter.com/G9V6KyFSKK
— SamanMovahedirad (@SamanMovahed) November 24, 2016
Before the discovery of Soufi, the oldest man in the country was a 130-year-old from the city of Kamyaran.
پیرمرد 135 ساله کردستانی سرشماری شدhttps://t.co/oLnPEIXWB3
— mohamadredha (@mohamad_sadegh) November 24, 2016
به گزارش ایرنا، «احمد صوفی» متولد 1260 در استان کردستان، در سقز زندگی می کند
The general census of the population in Iran began on September 24. It is held every five years. According to the census of 2011, there are 75 million people residing in the country.