A coterie of Iran ’s hard-line Shiite Muslim clerics and Revolutionary Guards commanders is usually vocal on the subject of the Iranian nuclear program , loudly proclaiming the country’s right to pursue its interests and angrily denouncing the United States. But as the United States and Iran prepare to restart nuclear talks this week, the hard-liners have been keeping a low profile. “They have been remarkably quiet,” said Nader Karimi Joni, a former member of the Revolutionary Guards and the Basij, a volunteer paramilitary group. Their silence is a result of state policies intended by Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei , to seriously try to find a solution through negotiations. Ayatollah Khamenei has largely supported the nuclear talks […]