| Any popular referendum would be troubling to hard-liners because it would be likely to produce results reflective of the changes in Iranian society. |
| One reason for cheer is that the interim agreement has brought together the hard-liners, theirs and ours, in reciprocal dismay. |
| Hard-liners were allowed to vent, at times even in an extreme fashion. |
| Hard-liners say settlements and outposts reinforce their claim to Biblical lands. |
| Hard-liners on both sides have been stepping up calls to abandon the armistice. |
| With the door open to so many options, hawks and hard-liners of many stripes have been arguing for a wide range of punitive military strikes. |
