Scattered rain in the country (4)
I believe the answer is:
iran
'country' is the definition.
(Iran is a country)
'scattered rain' is the wordplay.
'scattered' indicates an anagram.
'rain' is an anagram of 'IRAN'.
'in the' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for iran that I've seen before include "Tehran is its capital" , "It was known as Persia until 1935" , "oil supplier" , "Country that was Persia" , "Iraq's neighbour" .)