The SL comeback nobody is writing about
2022:
❌ GDP crashed -7.3%
❌ Inflation hit 69.8%
❌ Foreign reserves down to $500 million
❌ Sovereign debt default
❌ Fuel queues, medicine shortages
❌ President fled the country
2024-2025:
✅ GDP grew 5% in 2024, 5% again in 2025
✅ Inflation went from 70% to negative
✅ Foreign reserves up from $500M to $7.3 billion ✅ Rupee gained 19.4% back against USD
✅ First primary surplus in over a decade
✅ Tourist arrivals hit all time record — 2.36 million, beating 2018
✅ Tourism revenue hit $3.2 billion
✅ Debt restructuring 98% complete
✅ IMF passed 3 consecutive reviews
The world reported our collapse on every front page. Nobody reported the comeback. Every international agency from the World Bank to the IMF to the ADB called it a "remarkable recovery." But ask any Sri Lankan and they'll say "nothing has changed"
Because the recovery is real in the numbers but slow in the pockets. Poverty is still at 24.5%. Real wages are still below 2019 levels. Food prices doubled between 2021 and 2024. People are still struggling
So yes the comeback is real. The numbers dont lie. But the comeback isnt finished until the person buying rice from the shop feels it too. Until then we keep going..
Sources: World Bank, IMF, ADB, CBSL, SLTDA
🚨🇮🇷🇺🇸 ISFAHAN OPERATION EXPOSED
An animated reenactment reveals the dramatic collapse of the U.S. mission in Isfahan, where American forces were caught in a deadly trap and forced into a chaotic escape under fire.
The failed operation ultimately shifted momentum, pushing Washington toward accepting Iran’s terms and seeking a ceasefire.
Credit: @PressTV
The “downed pilot” story was a fabricated cover for a failed U.S. special forces mission to seize Iran’s main stockpile of highly enriched uranium (around 60% purity, estimated at 440–970 pounds).
The stockpile was located in Isfahan—the same site where the pilot was officially reported “lost.”
This explains the heavy U.S. bombing under the guise of a search-and-rescue mission, and why the C-130s were destroyed on the ground with no American casualties. The aircraft were hit while special forces attempted to secure the material, and the operation quickly turned into an emergency extraction to rescue trapped troops.
🇮🇷 "The American special forces fell into a trap set by Iran's armed forces."
New details emerging on the failed Isfahan operation. Iranian sources now confirm this was not a pilot rescue mission. It was a raid on a nuclear facility.
Zero hour was set at the White House under Trump's direct supervision. The landing site, an abandoned airstrip, was chosen specifically for its proximity to an Isfahan nuclear site. Generals who warned against the operation were fired days before it launched.
Iran let the first C-130 land and the commandos disembark, then sprang the trap when the second aircraft approached. Little Bird helicopters never got airborne. US jets bombed their own equipment to prevent capture. Personnel fled so fast they left their ID documents behind.
Iranian sources call it worse than Tabas 1980 and the fallout will affect Trump's political future for years.
⚡️ 🔺Ben Rhodes, former Obama aide:
🔹In the best-case scenario, Trump made a deal to reopen a strait that was open before a senseless war he started, with the result that the IRGC shows its control over the strait and probably collects tolls, and sanctions are also lifted.
🔹US embassies and bases in the Middle East have been severely damaged. America's standing in the world has been destroyed. US ammunition has been severely depleted. Hundreds of billions of dollars have been spent. Prices have risen everywhere. More global economic consequences are on the way. Putin has become more powerful and richer. Even in the best conditions, it is a catastrophic situation. A deeply shameful period in American history, no matter what happens after this.
"American Special Forces fell directly into a trap set by Iranian forces"
WATCH: Information obtained by Press TV regarding the recent operation by the American-Israeli coalition in the central Isfahan province reveals a MAJOR STRATEGIC DEFEAT for the enemy.
US Senator Chris Murphy says Trump's war on Iran ended in total surrender granting Iran control over the Strait of Hormuz.
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Watch how Press TV's Maryam Azarchehr became emotional following Iran's victory, saying Iran is now regarded as a NEW SUPERPOWER.
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