A newly inaugurated Iranian destroyer test fired a surface-to-surface missile in the Gulf on Tuesday, Iran's Fars news agency reported.

Fars said the Jamaran destroyer, the first Iranian-built warship of its type, launched last month at a ceremony attended by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, successfully test fired the Nour (Light) missile.

"The destroyer's missile system was tested and the firing of the Nour surface-to-surface missile towards the intended target was successfully conducted," the semi-official news agency said.

Much of Iran's naval equipment dates from before the 1979 Islamic revolution and is U.S. made.

Reuters