A Christian who fled to America to escape Islamic persecution of Christians was among 14 victims when a devout Muslim and his wife opened fire on a work Christmas party. Benneta Betbadal left Iran in 1969 during a raft of extremism and eventually moved to Rialto in California where she had three children aged 10, 12 and 15. [...] Another victim was Nicholas Thalasinos, a Messianic Jew who wore a tie clip with the Star of David. It is thought that the 52-year-old restaurant inspector had an argument with suspect Syed Farook about Islam just two weeks before the tragedy....