Iranian starts to throw boot about and waves ruler? (9)
I believe the answer is:
britannia
'waves ruler?' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.
'iranian starts to throw boot about' is the wordplay.
'starts to' says to take the initial letters.
'about' is an anagram indicator.
The first letters of 'throw boot' is 'tb'.
'iranian'+'tb'='iraniantb'
'iraniantb' is an anagram of 'BRITANNIA'.
'and' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for britannia that I've seen before include "Warrior personifying Great Britain" , "Female personification of Britain" , "Figure with chariot and trident" , "National representative" , "province" .)