Iran has boosted its team in charge of nuclear talks with world powers, adding what are believed to be hard-liners and conservatives in an apparent effort to silence critics of the landmark interim accord reached in Geneva in November. The semi-official news agencies Fars and Mehr reported on Wednesday that new members have joined the high council, which directs strategies in the talks and which is led by the country’s moderate President Hassan Rouhani and Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif. The agencies did not identify the new members, saying only that representatives of “all branches of power and other senior figures” are now on the council. The development comes a day after Iran and Western negotiators reported they were nearing an understanding on the details of implementing the Geneva accord. The deal puts strong limits on Iran’s uranium enrichment program in return for […]