They want nuclear weapons for the same reason as North Korea: defense. Until the current war in Ukraine, no country with nuclear weapons has even been invaded or attacked. I don't count the recent Kashmir clash or China-India border skirmishes since those are disputed territories.
Iran would be willing to give up its nuclear program for the same reasons North Korea considered it: sanctions relief and security guarantees.
I don't think it's possible to stop Iran's nuclear program with either sanctions or military force. Both have been tried already. The Stuxnet cyberattack was in 2010, and the US has had sanctions on Iran since 1979.
The only other country which has been under US sanctions longer is Cuba, and sanctions haven't worked there either.
Gaddafi gave up Libya's nuclear program in 2003 and was overthrown in 2011 with the help of US airstrikes. Iran is not going to make the same mistake.
Future negotiations seem extremely unlikely without major concessions from the US and others. Furthermore, any country concerned about being attacked by Israel or the US now has an even stronger incentive to develop nuclear weapons.
There is no reason for the US to even be involved with stopping Iran's nuclear program except Israeli influence.
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