Iran unveiled a new model of long-range cruise missile, in conjunction with the celebrations of the 40th anniversary of the Islamic revolution in 1979.
Defense Minister Amir Hatemi said at a ceremony that the new rocket, called Huizah, could fly at low altitude and would not take much time or equipment to launch.
"The new missile is designed and manufactured by experts and specialists in the Defense Aerospace Organization of the Ministry of Defense, with a range of more than 1,350 kilometers and is used against fixed ground targets," he said.
Iranian media have published footage that she said showed a test of the girl.
A missile from the Sumar transcontinental missile group, and unveiled its first model in 2015, with a range of up to 700 km.
Iran's missile tests raise the concern of the United States, which withdrew last year from a nuclear deal signed by international powers with Tehran in 2015.
US President Donald Trump withdrew from the nuclear deal with Iran in May and re-imposed sanctions, saying the deal did not deal with the missile program and its bad impact, Trump says, on the region.
Iran has rejected calls from the United States and Europe to curb its ballistic missile program, but said it had no plans to increase its range.
The UN Security Council resolution, which was attached to the nuclear deal in 2015, called on Tehran to abstain for eight years from developing missiles designed to carry nuclear weapons.
But Iran said the demand was not binding, and denied that its missiles were capable of carrying nuclear warheads.
Washington has also called on Tehran to halt the development of satellite launch technology, saying it has concerns about the use of such technologies to launch nuclear warheads.
An Iranian attempt to launch a satellite failed this month because the missile could not reach the required speed in phase three.
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