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Restrained by veto, Iran must end badly (15)

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I believe the answer is:

undemonstrative

'restrained' is the definition.
('undemonstrative' can be similar in meaning to 'restrained')

'veto iran must end badly' is the wordplay.
'badly' indicates an anagram.
'veto'+'iran'+'must'+'end'='vetoiranmustend'
'vetoiranmustend' is an anagram of 'UNDEMONSTRATIVE'.

'by' acts as a link.

(Another definition for undemonstrative that I've seen is " Cold".)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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