The Times of Israel reports: “Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei on Monday criticized what he called the United States’ ‘destabilizing presence’ after the deployment of B-52 bombers in the region.

‘We have always believed that the presence of America in the region is a destabilizing presence,’ said Baghaei at a news conference in response to a question about the deployment, adding that it ‘will not deter [Iran’s] resolve to defend itself.’

The US military announced on Saturday the deployment of heavy B-52 bombers to the Middle East as a warning to Iran, which has vowed to respond to Israeli strikes on its military sites on October 26…”