Khamenei circle received no-strike assurances before doomed gathering: insider
Members of Ali Khamenei’s family remained at the Leader’s compound ahead of the deadly February 28 meeting because officials had been “almost assured” that no military action would take place as talks were nearing a deal, Nasser Rafiei, a cleric close to the Supreme Leader’s office and family, quoted Mojtaba Khamenei’s father-in-law Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel as saying.
He also revealed that Mojtaba Khamenei's children have not seen their father since the strike on the Leader's compound, and they now reside with their maternal grandfather.
