Press TV - Iran has launched the first infographic contest to highlight achievements of the Islamic Revolution as its 40th anniversary draw near.

The competition, titled "The Red Tradition," is organized by the Foundation of Martyrs and Veterans Affairs.

Artists can send their infographic, news graphic and motion graphic works to the contest until February 1, 2019.

The culture of sacrifice and martyrdom, social sacrifice, diplomacy of sacrifice, self-confidence and national convergence, dignity and authority, soft war, and peace are the seven subjects of the artworks competing at the event.

The special subject for the contest is the achievements of forty years of the 1979 Islamic Revolution that toppled the Shah of Iran, who was a close ally of the US.

The winners of the competition will receive cash prizes.

The event is held at a national level in its first edition and an international level next years.