 Mohammad Jafar Sahraroudi received minor injuries and was taken to a hospital, questioned and allowed to go.Amir Mansur Bozorgian was released after 24 hours in police custody and took refuge in the Iranian Embassy.His deputy, Sadegh Sharafkandi, succeeded Ghassemlou as secretary-general until his assassination on 17 September 1992 in the Mykonos restaurant in Berlin, Germany.