Ms. Linda Chavez, former White House ‎Director of Public Liaison, was the first speaker ‎in the grand gathering of Iranian resistance in ‎Paris. Ms. Chavez. As the director of the panel ‎stated in her speech “this regime does not ‎represent Iranian people, but resembles old ‎and bygone eras. The ruling mullahs keep ‎suppressing their own people and are a ‎serious threat for peace and security for the ‎region as well as their neighbors, from Iraq to ‎Syria and Yemen. Their nuclear ambitions ‎make them a global threat now.” Ms. Chavez ‎added, “We are here today to announce that ‎the only option and alternative for a democratic ‎Iran is MEK and NCRI, the democratic ‎resistance of Iranian people and its leader, Ms. ‎Maryam Rajavi.”‎