Morteza Mehrzad is the tallest man in Iran. He was born in 1987 and lives in Chalos in the north of Iran. He suffers from Acromegaly. A Height of up to 8 feet 2.4 inches (250 cm) has been claimed for him and there is a pssibility that he really is that height. He was measured by Guinness in September 2011 and was found to have a standing height of 8 feet tall. With a small correction for a bad posture his calculated height is 8 feet and 0.85 inches.
His unusual growth started at the age of 16, when he was 190 cm tall and fell of his bicycle and injured his pelvis. His right leg had stopped growing at that time. Morteza's right leg is about 15 cm shorter than his left leg. His hand was measured at 27 cm long.
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