U.S. veterans injured in the 1996 Khobar Towers bombing and families of the deceased are receiving compensation. Find out if you are eligible.

Summary of the case

On the night of June 25, 1996, Building 131 in the Khobar Towers complex in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia experienced a shocking bombing attack. U.S. Airmen supporting Operation Southern Watch, primarily assigned to the 440th Wing, were temporarily staying in the building. Though the building was in the process of evacuating due to suspicious signs, 19 Airmen were killed and at least 400 service members and civilians were injured in the explosion.

In 2001, Saudi Arabia refused to extradite any of the eleven people indicted in the U.S. for the bombing. Though the Saudi government claimed the perpetrators were in custody in Saudi prisons, it never made the “trial” outcomes public. In 2015, Ahmed al-Mughassil, the man accused of orchestrating the bombing, was arrested and identified in an American federal indictment as the senior leader of a militant group that wanted to kill U.S. military service members in the Persian Gulf.

In 2006, the U.S. District Court in the District of Columbia found Iran responsible for the attack.

MM-LAW has brought three lawsuits against Iran and its proxies for their responsibility for this attack.

How MM~LAW Is Helping

Bena N. Ochs and Adora Sauer are proud to have served as co-lead counsel in the 2019 lawsuit titled Christie, et. al v. Iran, et. al, and in the 2021 lawsuit titled Gration, et. al v. Iran, et. al, in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia that held the Islamic Republic of Iran responsible for the Khobar Towers bombing. 

On July 2, 2020, the Christie lawsuit resulted in a judgment for survivors of compensatory and punitive damages in the amount of $879,120,000. A link to read the full opinion and judgment are below. 

On August 15, 2023, the Gration lawsuit resulted in a judgment for survivors of compensatory and punitive damages in the amount of $571,500,000. A link to read the full opinion and judgment are below.

In 2023, MM~L MM~LAW filed a third complaint for survivors of the Khobar Towers attack in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia titled St. James, et. al v. Iran, et. al,

The terrorist attack on June 25, 1996, in Saudi Arabia against United States servicemembers caused the horrific deaths of 19 Airmen, 498 wounded survivors, and an untold amount of family members' lives forever changed.  We continue to seek justice for this heinous crime and compensation from those responsible. 

As a result of the bombing of Khobar Towers, many of the service members present at the attack are still suffering from life-altering injuries and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).

MM~LAW is dedicated to fighting for the rights of U.S. service members and veterans. We represent over 3000 veterans and Gold Star families injured as a result of acts of international terrorism in cases brought under the Anti-Terrorism Act and the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act.

Over the last 20 years, MM-LAW has lobbied Congress for compensation for those impacted by terror attacks.  In fact, attorney Gavriel Mairone co-authored and lobbied successfully for the the United States Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Act and Fund (“USVSST”).  In the first two years, the Fund has distributed over $2.25 billion to eligible Vets, US Embassy employees and other American victims of state sponsored terrorism. American victims (including all members of the armed forces and employees of the US government and their immediate family members) holding a final judgment in federal court against one of the designated state sponsors of terrorism such as Iran, Syria, North Korea or Cuba.

In 2018, MM~LAW authored and successfully lobbied for the bi-partisan, unanimous passage of the Anti-Terrorism Clarification Act, to close the loophole used by Iranian and other foreign banks  that asserted terrorist attacks against US service members were “acts of war” and not acts of international terrorism, thereby attempting to deny Gold Star families and Vets compensation under the Anti-Terrorism Act.

MM~LAW has amassed over 10 billion dollars in judgments against Iran and other state sponsors of terrorism. MM~LAW’s clients make up almost 25% of the eligible Intended Recipients of the USVSST Fund. We have powerful and strategic asset collection strategies and consultants in place to pursue enforcement of our clients’ judgments. To date, MM~LAW and its co-counsel have recovered over 3 billion dollars for clients from Iran, oil companies, and an international bank in addition to payments from the USVSST Fund.

HOW WE CAN HELP YOU

We bring this experience and passion to the case on behalf of veterans who were injured in the Khobar Towers bombing.

On March 3, 2019, we filed Christie v The Islamic Republic of Iran, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Iranian Ministry of Intelligence and Security in United States District Court for the District of Columbia (Case 1:19-cv-01289).

MM~LAW and our co-counsel fund all the expenses of lawsuits and we work exclusively on a contingency basis, meaning our clients are not charged any fees or incur expenses unless compensation for damages is actually obtained for our clients.

If you meet the following criteria, you may be entitled to compensation and you may be able to help prevent similar abuses and harms in the future.

Please fill out the form below if you believe you or a loved one is eligible. MM~LAW will help you determine if legal action is appropriate and gather the information required to move your case forward.

Khobar towers QUALIFICATION CRITERIA FOR SERVICE MEMBERS AND THEIR FAMILIES:

1. You must have been present during the Khobar Towers bombing in 1996.

2. You have physical injuries or PTSD/other mental injuries resulting from the bombing.

3. You have a V.A. disability rating service connected to the Khobar Towers attack.

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