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| Established | 2008 |
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| Location | Iransahr Street, Tehran, Iran  |
| President | Farshad Kamalkhani |
| Website | http://www.officemuseum.ir/ |
The Safir Office Machines Museum is a private museum located in Tehran, Iran. It was founded in 2008 by Frashad Kamalkhani, the museum owner. It includes a collection of early office machines.
There are more than 80 unique and early devices such as typewriters, check writers, pencil sharpeners, duplicators, calculators, cash registers, telegraph equipment, telephones, etc., in the collection.
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