(CNN) -- A missing Iranian researcher, whom Tehran claimed was abducted by the CIA, has taken refuge in the Pakistani Embassy in Washington.
"Iranian scientist Shahram Amiri, who was kidnapped by the Americans, had gone to the Pakistani Embassy in Washington, D.C. and taken refuge at Iran's Interest Section. He has requested to be sent back to Iran quickly," Iran's semiofficial news agency Mehr said Tuesday.
Abdul Basit, a spokesman for the Pakistani foreign ministry, told CNN that Amiri arrived at the Pakistani Embassy at 6:30 p.m. Monday.
