Noora Kushti, West Asian style: Oil prices fell after Iran’s attack. That suggests Iranians were perhaps coordinating with US & Israel. So, a global economic headache is unlikely

Noora Kushti, a term widely used in the Gangetic plains of India, has Persian (modern-day Iran) origins. Broadly, it means a fixed fight, or pretending to fight (while fooling a target audience). The world in general, and financial markets as a subset, pray that the latest escalation in the conflict in West Asia, in a darkly Freudian twist via Iranian drone-missile attack on Israel, is a Noora Kushti.
There are at least some indications that it might indeed be so. These might also explain why, after Iran’s attack on Israel over the weekend, oil prices actually fell on Monday.

For starters, Iran’s own words and actions point towards a Noora Kushti.

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