WATCH: U.S. stands with people of Thailand after daycare shooting, State Department says

The Biden administration offered its condolences to the people and government of Thailand after a former police officer facing a drug charge burst into a day care center Thursday, killing dozens of preschoolers and teachers.

Watch Patel’s remarks in the player above.

“We stand with the people of Thailand, our partners in the region, and extend our deepest condolences to those who have lost their loved ones,” said State Department Deputy Spokesperson Vedant Patel. “Today, the U.S. is ready to assist our allies in the wake of this horrible tragedy.”

At least 36 people were slain in the deadliest rampage in the nation’s history.

The State Department also condemned North Korea as tensions continue to mount on the Korean Peninsula following North Korea’s recent barrage of missile tests.Pyongyang’s tests have prompted South Korea, the United States and Japan to conduct joint drills in response.

“We again condemn the DPRK’s October 5 ballistic missile launch,” Patel said. “This launch, along with multiple other launches over the course of this week, and in September, are a very clear violation of multiple U.N. Security Council resolutions, and pose a direct threat to the DPRK neighbors and the international community.”

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The U.S. has also imposed more sanctions on Iranian government officials in response to the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, as protests have embroiled dozens of Iranian cities for weeks and evolved into the most widespread challenge to Iran’s leadership in years.

U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control designated seven high-ranking leaders for financial penalties due to the shutdown of Iran’s internet, repression of speech and violence inflicted on protesters and civilians.

Iran’s interior and communications ministers and several law enforcement leaders were targeted for sanctions.

“Other countries are continuing to take their own efforts to hold the Iranian regime accountable. And we, of course, welcome that,” Patel said. “And we are doing so in close coordination and dialog with them as well,” he said.

Finally, the State Department introduced its first ambassador at large for Cyberspace and Digital Policy.

The new bureau at the State Department is part of Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s agenda to modernize diplomacy. Its role will be to encourage responsible state behavior in cyberspace and advance policies that, among other things, protect the infrastructure of the Internet, serve U.S. interests, and uphold democratic values.