Nasser Rafiei, a religious speaker for the office of Ali Khamenei, quoted Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel, the father-in-law of Mojtaba Khamenei, as saying that members of Ali Khamenei's family stayed in the leadership complex before the deadly operation on February 28 (9th of Esfand in the Persian calendar) because officials had assured them that no military action would occur due to ongoing negotiations.
