Shahyar Ghanbari (born 28 July 1950 in Tehran) is an Iranian poet, writer, lyricist, songwriter, and singer of Persian pop music. He is also a film director & radio-TV producer .
He writes and sings in Persian, English and French. His songs typically feature love, solitude, and nostalgia. Mostly he writes his own lyrics, and composes for himself and for others like Farhad Mehrad, Dariush Eghbali, Helen, Leila Forouhar, Googoosh, Ebi and Sattar.
He currently lives in the United States.