BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan — Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian on Tuesday vowed to match any U.S. move to return to a June deal aimed at ending their war, warning that diplomatic efforts could be endangered by "pressure and threats" from Washington. He also thanked Russian leader Vladimir Putin for Moscow's stance on the conflict, in comments during an international summit in the Kyrgyz capital Bishkek. Russia and Iran — two of the most sanctioned countries in the world — have massively deepened their military and trade ties during Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. Putin and Pezeshkian held talks on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit, attended by over a dozen leaders including China's Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. They met a day after U.S. President Donald Trump — who has warned Moscow and Beijing against arming Tehran — threatened to hit Iran "hard" after it and the United States traded fire for the first time in weeks. Pezeshkian told the summit that if the United States returns to the deal aimed at ending months of hostilities, Ira