Press TV - Reports say the three European signatories to the 2015 nuclear deal, also�known�as the�E3,�appear to be in agreement with Iran�s argument that the US is no longer a party to the accord and thus not entitled to push for the extension of a UN arms embargo on Tehran.

European officials told CNN on Wednesday that Britain, France and Germany would not back the US call for renewing the embargo � which is to be lifted later this year under UN Security Council Resolution (UNSC) 2231 that enshrined the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).

A European source stressed that the countries still in the agreement cannot support the US proposal because the arms embargo�s expiration is a formal and legal part of the treaty.

�You won�t see the E3 signing up for that because the arms embargo end is a legitimate part of the JCPOA,� he said.

Peter Stano, the European Commission spokesperson for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, said in a statement that the �US has not participated in any meetings or activities within the framework of the JCPOA� since unilaterally withdrawing from the agreement in May 2018.

The Europeans, he added, �do not comment on reports of possible positions the US, or other UN members might take, regarding the JCPOA.�

The UN�arms�embargo�on Iran � in place since�2006/2007- will be lifted in�October 2020 � five years after the JCPOA took effect.

With the date looming, the US�has shared with some members of the Security Council a draft resolution to prolong the arms embargo indefinitely.

To circumvent�China�and�Russia�s veto�of the resolution,�which are both parties to the JCPOA, the US will argue that it legally remains a �participant state� in the deal only to invoke a �snapback� that would restore the UN sanctions, which had been in place against Iran prior to the JCPOA�s inking.

Speaking at the State Department Wednesday, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Washington was considering �every possibility� to renew�the ban�on selling conventional�arms�to Iran.

�We�re not going to let that happen,� he said, adding that the US administration is urging the E3 �to take action which is within their capacity today.�

�We'll work with the UN Security Council to extend that prohibition on those arms sales,� he continued.

An Iranian official, whose name was not mentioned, told CNN that �any US claim of being a participant in the JCPOA is basically rejected by the international community. Even every freshman student of international law or relations do not subscribe to the alleged US position.�

�No legal argument can justify US role in JCPOA�

Additionally, Iran�s UN Ambassador Majid Takht-Ravanchi took to Twitter to respond to Pompeo�s claims, saying the US �has NO legal argument� to be a JCPOA participant as President Donald Trump ceased Washington�s participation in the deal two years ago.

�@SecPompeo claims that based on UNSCR 2231, the US is a �participant,� whereas 2231 refers to �JCPOA Participants.� He omits �JCPOA� ref, since on May 8, 2018, his boss declared �ceasing US participation in JCPOA.� As such, the US has NO legal argument to be �participant,�� he tweeted.