Djafar Behbahanian

Djafar Behbahanian (born 14 December 1902?) is an Iranian-Swiss longevity claimant. If his claim is true, he would be oldest living man and third oldest man ever, behind Jiroemon Kimura and Christian Mortensen.

Early life
Djafar claims to be born in Khorramshahr, Qajar dynasty (now Iran) on 14 December 1902. His mother died when he was 4 years old. A few years later, his father, a merchant, sends him to Beirut, Lebanon, where he begins to study economics at the American University. He loved football and basketball and as he claims, he was a good tennis player. He was not allowed to finish his studies. Instead, he had to return to Iran prematurely; his father had no money left after his merchant ship was lost. He continued with his career and became financial administrator.

Later life
As a representative of the last Iranian Shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, he traveled all over the world and also came to Basel, Switzerland. In 1960s, he meet his second wife, Doris, 36 years younger. In 1978, he was forced to leave Iran because of the Islamic revolution. Even as centenarian, he traveled with his wife. In 2012, he traveled on with cruise on the Rhine, visited London, Hamburg and Berlin. The children from the first marriage and their descendants lives all over the world.

He currently lives in Basel, Switzerland at claimed age of.