With security as a major concern in the elections, polls have hardliner Benjamin Netanyahu and his Likud party in the lead.

进行这次选举的主要忧虑是安全问题，民意调查显示强硬派候选人内塔尼亚胡及其利库德党居领先地位。

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But it would be hard to pigeonhole him as a moderate or a hardliner.

ECONOMIST: Charlemagne

Mr Fallahian is the only real hardliner among the nine other candidates competing with Mohammad Khatami.

BBC: Iran election: People and policies

Mr Trimble was elected party leader as a hardliner, essentially to block any attempts at compromise.

ECONOMIST: Northern Ireland