Fox News star Jesse Watters has the inside scoop on the still-undisclosed details on the Iran-U.S. peace deal that President Donald Trump announced this week.
Watters disclosed what a senior White House official had told him: Iran had agreed in principle to a new peace agreement, and would be signed within days. The terms were no longer being negotiated.
“A senior White House official tells us that Iran has agreed to a deal,” Watters told viewers. “And they are 75 to 85 percent confident it will be signed in the next couple of days. They’re not even negotiating on terms anymore. The deal could even be signed this weekend.”
“The last three days of strikes. The president demonstrated he was ready to resume major combat operations. The Iranians did not want that. The Iranians took a beating on the coastline.”
Trump announced the deal Sunday night, on his 80th birthday. The formal signing ceremony is scheduled for Friday, June 19, in Geneva, Switzerland.
Watters has spent the past four nights breaking down the framework. Here is what his reporting says is in it:
Nuclear weapons are gone. Iran has agreed to destroy and remove its stockpile of enriched uranium under direct supervision by the United States and the International Atomic Energy Agency. This was Trump’s stated non-negotiable from day one. “The main thing is that Iran will not have a nuclear weapon,” Trump said Monday.
The Strait opens immediately and for free. “Once they sign on Friday, the Strait immediately opens,” Watters told viewers Monday night. “No tolls. Never.” Roughly 20% of the world’s oil supply flows through the Strait of Hormuz, which has been closed by Iranian missile strikes since late February. Iran had spent months demanding the right to charge transit tolls and maintain control of the waterway as part of any deal. They got neither.
Terrorism funding cut off. The deal mandates Iran cease funding its network of proxy forces, including Hezbollah in Lebanon and the Houthis in Yemen. These radical Islamic terror organizations have been armed and financed for decades by Iran to project their power across the region.
Not a dime until they perform. This is what Watters has been emphasizing most is that the controversial $300 billion in payments are structured as pay-for-performance.
“Dust for dollars,” he said. “Not a dime until the mullahs perform.”
Iran has publicly claimed it is owed $12 billion in frozen assets upon signing and up to $24 billion during the 60-day negotiating window.
“No frozen funds will be released without the Iranians implementing their commitments,” a U.S. official shot back.
Why Iran agreed. Watters has been bullish on this point throughout his coverage. On Monday night’s broadcast, he framed it simply: “Boy, are the Iranians desperate.” He painted a picture of a country on the verge of economic collapse. The naval blockade has choked off Iran’s oil revenues, its primary income source. Hyperinflation is ravaging the Iranian population. Mass unemployment has set in. Storage tanks are filling up with unsellable crude. Iran, Watters argued, simply ran out of options.
Trump made the same case at the G7, where he presented the deal to allied leaders.
“I think a lot of great things are going to happen with the Middle East right now,” Trump told reporters alongside French President Emmanuel Macron. “Very importantly, the oil is plummeting down. And the stock market is shooting up like a rocket today. Record type of numbers. We’re getting closer to the numbers we were before it all started.”
Not everyone in Watters’ audience was satisfied. Some have pointed out that key questions remain unresolved heading into Friday’s signing — particularly whether the Lebanon-Hezbollah component can hold given that Israel continues striking Hezbollah targets.
“Nothing regarding nuclear material yet and Iran plans on tolls for ships transiting the Strait,” one viewer wrote. “Dial down the enthusiasm, Skippy.” Another added: “Sorry Jesse. There is no deal. Trump is being played.”
Take a look at Watters report –
🚨BREAKING: TRUMP AND IRAN HAVE JUST SIGNED A DEAL🚨
HERE ARE THE DETAILS. pic.twitter.com/jhKDJWbnff
— Jesse Watters (@JesseBWatters) June 16, 2026