US officials have said in the wake of the UN Security Council's adoption of sanctions against Iran's nuclear programme that Washington is still open to talks.<br /><br />Barack Obama, the US president, Hillary Clinton, his secretary of state, and Robert Gates, the defence secretary, all said the sanctions move did not close the door to talks.<br /><br />In fact, the UN resolution actually aims to convince Iran to start negotiations, Gates tells Al Jazeera's David Frost. (June 10, 2010)
