( CNN ) -- A U.S. citizen injured in a 1997 suicide bombing in Jerusalem is claiming money from the Warwick New York Hotel , which will host Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for the upcoming annual U.N. assembly , the man 's lawyer says . Stuart Hersh was in a mall when the Hamas terrorist organization carried out the attack . In 2003 , a U.S. District Court awarded Hersh $ 12 million from the Iranian government , ruling it was responsible for supplying and training the suicide bombers . Hersh says he never received money from Iran . `` We want to be entitled to the money of Ahmadinejad and his delegations , '' Hersh 's lawyer , Nitsana Darshan-Leitner , told CNN . `` We believe it belongs to us as a judgment holder . '' Hersh has filed a claim against the Warwick hoping to either collect the money that the Iranian government will pay the hotel for the Iranian president 's stay , or be granted use of the rooms that Ahmadinejad and his entourage would use . `` If he needs a place to stay , let him sleep in the subways '' Hersh told CNN . He also added a restraining order restricting Ahmadinejad and his group from using the hotel rooms until the court reaches a decision , Darshan-Leitner said . `` He owes me $ 12 million , '' Hersh said . `` He 's spending money that should be mine . '' The Iranian government will be spending between $ 10,000 and $ 15,000 a night on accommodations at the Warwick , which could result in $ 75,000 to $ 100,000 for Hersh , Darshan-Leitner said . Hersh and his wife now live in Israel and say they will not move back to the United States until they feel justice has been served . Originally from Fresh Meadows in the Queens borough of New York City , Hersh said he can not afford to travel to his home state but would make the trip if he were awarded the rooms . He said he would `` invite other terror victims to join him and max out room service on Iran 's credit card . '' Hersh says he has withstood a heart attack , a perforated colon , colon cancer and diabetes , all of which he attributes to post traumatic stress disorder resulting from looking the terrorists in the face before they blew themselves up in 1997 . At 63 , he still suffers chest pains and hearing loss from the attack . `` All I want is the money that 's due to us and we do n't want the American people to pay for it , '' Hersh said . `` I do n't want them paying disability to me , I want the money from Iran . '' He holds Ahmadinejad accountable for withholding the money , and the American government accountable for letting him get away without paying it . `` This is not sane , '' Hersh said . `` That a man can come into the U.S. and enjoy American luxury and not have to pay for his crimes . '' Since 2003 , Hersh has laid claim to Iranian money in lawsuits throughout the United States and Europe , he said . A few years after being awarded the $ 12 million , Hersh won the rights to a house that the shah of Iran had bought for his son in Lubbock , Texas , and sold the house for around half a million dollars , according to Darshan-Leitner . Hersh also filed lawsuits in Chicago and Boston , claiming the rights to Iranian artifacts lent to the University of Chicago and Harvard University . Darshan-Leitner said each of those lawsuits is currently before a court of appeal . The Warwick did not respond to inquiries about the legal papers that Darshan-Leitner said were delivered to the hotel Thursday . Family of Marine imprisoned in Iran pleads for his release . Canada severs ties with Iran .
Ahmadinejad wants the Warwick Hotel to give him the money New York pays for its officials ' rooms . A New York court awarded him $ 12 million from Iran for injuries in a bombing . Ahmadinejad is coming to Iran for the annual United Nations assembly . As an alternative to the money , United Nations said he 'll take Ahmadinejad 's rooms .