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Emperor owned Iran in a new layout (7)

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I believe the answer is:

hadrian

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'emperor' is the definition.
(Roman emperor)

'owned iran in a new layout' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'owned' could be 'had' ('have' can be a synonym of 'own') and 'had' is found within the answer.
an anagram of 'iran' is 'rian' which is located in the answer.
No letters remain.
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(Other definitions for hadrian that I've seen before include "Roman emperor who built the British wall" , "Roman emperor and wallbuilder" , "Roman Emperor after Trajan" , "Roman emperor who visited Britain" , "Wall-building Roman emperor" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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