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I spoke to my mother about this. Her sister, who still lives in Tehran, has their father's driver's license and it is marked as #1 in terms of serial number, so the presumption was that he had the first one. However, your link is a great find so perhaps more digging is needed to get at the truth.

In case you find this interesting, here is a video from the National Car Museum of Iran. Apparently all the cars seen in the video once belonged to Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last Shah of Iran, who I think was my 1st cousin once removed ... or smthg like that.

https://youtu.be/AS4L3UEuauo
 
Nick - great info. Thanks. It's certainly possible that the man described as having "the first driver's license" in the link, actually had some sort of official government (military?) certificate as a chauffeur, not a national driver's license. Especially as the car in that photo might have been for military and/or government use.

Your grandfather may have had the first "national" driver's license.

Thanks.
Tom M.
 
It's not a Model T Ford, wrong windshield, wrong scuttle below windshield, long slope from cowl to radiator is too much, Fords were more flat and the scuttle was curved from the windshield base to the hood. Fords had other models, but the years would be wrong, I'm thinking the car is around a 1915/1918. It could be military with a Ford under carriage, as the radiator cap and shell has an early Ford appearance, but that was common back then. Tough call by any means. PJ
 
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