Hani Abdel Rahim Hussein al-Sayegh (Arabic: هاني عبد الرحيم الصائغ) is a Saudi citizen, and alleged member of Hezbollah Al-Hejaz and accused of involvement in the 1996 Khobar Towers bombing.
[9] al-Sayegh argued that he had been studying in Iran for four years, including during the time the bombing took place, and that his phone call to the Iranian embassy on the day of the attacks was simply to help a friend obtain a visa.
[8] Canada issued a security certificate to deport al-Sayegh, but sent him to the United States rather than Saudi Arabia, since Attorney General Janet Reno had granted an exception allowing him into the country for the sole sake of prosecution.
[5] In June, al-Sayegh agreed to a plea bargain whereby he would plead guilty to an unrelated incident, after confessing he had suggested bombing an AWACS plane that had been transferred to the Saudi air force.
[13] In June 2001, the US Department of Justice issued an indictment accusing several alleged members of the Hezbollah for involvement in the Khobar Towers bombing which included the name of Hani Al-Sayegh, despite the fact that charges against him had been dropped and he had been returned to Saudi Arabia.