Oil prices rose slightly in early Wednesday trading as Iran refused to engage directly with U.S. negotiators on nuclear deescalation talks. President Donald Trump is reportedly considering options to return to all-out war.

American and Iranian delegates arrived Tuesday in Doha, Qatar, for "technical talks" to discuss the cease-fire between the two countries.

US-Iran war LIVE updates: The United States and Iran separately confirmed on Monday that they would send delegations to Qatar. However, Tehran said that it has not agreed to hold talks with the US. Meanwhile,

President Trump says U.S.-Iran talks will resume, at Tehran's request, after several days of tit-for-tat strikes tested a shaky ceasefire.

Iran’s president said Monday that $6 billion in frozen Iranian assets would be released by Qatar, as negotiations with the United States were challenged by attacks across the Persian Gulf this weekend.

Republican Sen. Rick Scott (Fla.) on Sunday reiterated his unease with the Qatari government’s role in negotiations between the U.S. and Iran. “They’re not our friend,” Scott told host Shannon Bream on “Fox News Sunday,

Pakistan, June 28 -- Qatar has strongly condemned Iran's missile and drone attacks on Bahrain and Kuwait, describing the strikes as a violation of both countries' sovereignty and international law. The Qatari government urged all parties to avoid further escalation and instead pursue dialogue to preserve regional peace and stability.

Trump told reporters the U.S. is "getting along very well" with Iran and the talks are going great. Within hours came a report that he'd spent recent days weighing the opposite: whether to abandon the deal and resume full-scale strikes,