U.S. Sen. Graham says Iran's help needed to avoid collapse in Iraq

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States needs Iran's involvement to prevent a collapse of the government in Iraq and should open talks toward that end, U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham said on Sunday, describing the step as unattractive but perhaps unavoidable.

"We are probably going to need their help to hold Baghdad," from takeover by the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), the Sunni Muslim militant group that has seized control over northern Iraqi cities and is approaching the nation's capital, Graham, a South Carolina Republican, said on CBS' "Face the Nation."