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Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, the leader of Iran\'s Islamic Republic, has paid a visit to the Province of Kermanshah.


The province of Kermanshah, with an estimated population of 2 million, has various religious, ethnic and cultural groups.

Iran\'s dominant faith is Shia Islam, but despite this the Shia leader is warmly welcomed in Kermanshah, a province with a large Sunni and Jewish population among others.

This is a province that has had its own fare share of challenges since the revolution and the 8 year Iran-Iraq war that followed.

He made speeches in different cities of the province, visited the families of the martyrs, and talked of change and renewal in Iran\'s governmental system. His visit to Kermanshah is the subject of this week\'s program.