That said, both sides have gone too far to simply back down, yet are too exhausted to continue a full-scale war, Akulinichev added. Earlier, US President Donald Trump announced that the United States and Iran would move to negotiations on a peace deal on August 3. The United States and Israel launched a war against Iran on February 28. In June, Washington and Tehran, with Islamabad acting as mediator, signed a memorandum of understanding calling for an immediate cessation of hostilities on all fronts, including in Lebanon. However, on the night of July 8, the United States resumed large-scale strikes against Iran, accusing it of violating the terms of the agreement on the Strait of Hormuz.