By IRNA
Shiraz, Fars prov : Iran follows guidance of infallible Imams of Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) Household in governing the country, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Tuesday.
Addressing an inaugural ceremony road, health and energy projects in Shiraz, Fars province, he added that certain individuals prefer to substitute the Islamic models with patterns from either the Western or Eastern countries, which can not secure spirituality and faith of nations.
Those, who say the Western or Eastern countries are more successful than Iran, should consider the realities in the states which followed the Western style of liberalizing the economy even with 300,000 population are now suffering from poverty, he noted.
Pointing to the western models of democracy, freedom and development, he said that 40 million people are living in poverty in a country of 290 million population.
Ahmadinejad called for establishing an adequate mechanism to control money circulation based on Islamic tenets with an aim of promoting Islamic economy.
The president arrived in Shiraz Tuesday morning to take part in inaugural ceremonies of several development projects.