Ketika Sharafi dibebaskan Selasa, Menteri Luar Negeri Irak Hoshiyar Zebari mengatakan diplomat tersebut berada dalam kondisi baik dan menyatakan ia tak mengetahui siapa yang telah menyekapnya.
When Sharafi was released on Tuesday, Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshiyar Zebari said the diplomat was in good health and said he did not know who had held him.