BAGHDAD, Jan. 14 (Xinhuanet) -- An international team of electoral experts will release their initial findings on alleged fraud in the Iraqi general elections on Sunday, a team member said on Saturday.

    "The team will issue a statement about the initial results of its mission on Sunday afternoon," Ali al-Jarosh told reporters.  

    Jarosh, a senior official of the Cairo-headquartered Arab League, said that the team would release its final results later on.

    Meanwhile, the Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq (IEIC)expressed doubt that it would be able to declare final results of the Dec. 15 elections next week.

    Jarosh said that the experts had studied about 2,000 complaints submitted by the political parties, and held meetings with the IEIC and representatives of Sunni and secular political parties who have claimed a wide-range electoral fraud since they arrived in Iraq late last month.

    Partial election results gave the ruling Shiites most of votesin Baghdad and Shiite-dominated provinces.

    Disappointed Sunni Arabs and secularists have demonstrated in Baghdad to protest what they described as rigged elections.  

    They also demanded a rerun of the elections, which was categorically rejected by the Shiites.  Enditem