Sanctions are only negative penalties; they do not include rewards. true or false?

In the field of international politics, sanctions are an important tool for achieving peace, stability but also to further one's agenda.

Sanctions are by definition measures against a country that can restrict the country's ability to trade, transfer money, have military weapons or the cutoff of diplomatic relationships.

They are essentially only negative in nature, even though in sometimes the term sanctions has a positive connotation (the law sanctions this behaviour).

Hence, it is true.