A famous Iranian activist and a film director have sparked a media campaign to condemn the killings in the current war between Israel and Gaza, drawing support from Facebook users and some criticism for taking a neutral position in the conflict.

Iranian director Asghar Farhadi and Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotudeh posed for a picture holding a banner that read, “Stop Killing Your Fellow Beings.” The picture, which was posted on the Facebook page of Sotudeh's husband Reza Khandan on July 14, was a response to the current war between Gaza and Israel.

Farhadi is the Oscar-winning director of “A Separation,” an Iranian movie that dissected many religious and class issues in Iran. Sotudeh, one of the best-known human rights activists in Iran, was arrested in the post-2009 election crackdown. She was released shortly before her prison sentence was completed, just before President Hassan Rouhani’s arrival in New York for the United Nations General Assembly in 2013.

The campaign’s slogan does not take a partisan position toward the current war and instead focuses on its humanitarian aspects. Its Facebook page, however, is more explicit in its condemnation of the deaths in Gaza. “We denounce the massacre of human beings anywhere. Join our protest against the massacre in Gaza,” the description reads in both English and Persian. As of now, over 200 Palestinians and one Israeli have been killed.