Ahmad E'ta (Persian: ???? ?????), better known by his pen name Ahmad Mahmoud (Persian: ???? ??????); (December 25, 1931 – October 4, 2002) was a prominent Iranian novelist.
One of his works, The Neighbors stands out as one of the most notable novels in modern Persian Literature.
He was known as a distinguished social realist writer; by his works mainly concerning the lives of working class and lower class families in the urban societies of the South of Iran, especially in Khuzestan.