Rahim Moeini Kermanshahi (Persian: رحیم معینی کرمانشاهی, born February 6, 1922) is an Iranian Poet and lyricist. He is one of the pioneering songwriters in the history of Persian traditional music.
was born in 1922 in Kermanshah, Iran. He left his hometown at a young age for Tehran to pursue painting, among his famous paintings is the charcoal of Christ blessing the children. His talent and creativity in poetry made him one of the greatest lyricists, poets and historians of Iran. His masterpiece is an Eighteen volume history of Iran after Islam in the form of beautiful Persian classical poetry called Shahkar, which contains over 180,000 lines of poetry over more than 5,500 pages. In 2007 he was honored as Lord of Speech by the National Organization of Iranian poets, musicians, artists, historians, philosophers and literature masters. During his 60 years dedication to Persian literature and poetry he published over 20 books and wrote more than 500 songs. His songs are being remastered every year by various artists in different countries, mostly in Iran and the United States.