msfe/wild should dig this article (since its from the Guardian) It has a lot of good insight into the question that was asked at the beginning of this thread.
Sheesh! What's next? Locusts? an Islamic Republic? uhh...wait they already have that.
Seriously though, this will get a lot of superstitious people in Iran wondering why they are being 'targeted' by God. And why they are suffering so much.
Ofcourse, the ruling clergy will probably say this is because of the recent defilement of their land by the footsteps of the minions of the Devil (the US rescue teams).