Freeing Green Movement leaders is losing value as trump card for Tehran
While the Iranian political establishment could once have energized the disheartened public via the release of the detained Green Movement leaders, such a step is no longer likely to have the same impact it once would have had.
![IRAN-ELECTION/ EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on leaving the office to report, film or take pictures in Tehran.
Iran's presidential candidate Mehdi Karroubi (3rd R) joins a crowd of supporters in Tehran June 17, 2009. REUTERS/Demotix (IRAN POLITICS ELECTIONS CONFLICT) - GM1E56I0IW301](/sites/default/files/styles/article_hero_medium/public/almpics/2018/08/RTR24RIO.jpg/RTR24RIO.jpg?h=a5ae579a&itok=fSzT9NxH)
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