I don't agree with you at all . IR created IRGC as they didn't trust the army and didn't want to be like Shah whose army turned against him .
those who said we don't trust the army are the same people who wanted to disband the army (seculars, tudeh, mujahedin,...), and some of them later joined the war against Iran, it was Imam khomeini and his fellow who opposed against that idea, I suggest you to change your source of info.
If we base the creation of IRGC on what you say then why do we have them even now ?
you probably know and if don't then know it that a classic army can't stand against our enemies, our enemies are by far more superior in every field, if it wasn't IRGC, today khuzestan wasn't part of Iran, Lebanon was under Israel's occupation and there was no Syria. so a better question is why army didn't become IRGC.
we don't have any war going on and we could improve or modify the army in the way we want and spend IRGC money on them . Then what is the matter of having IRGC ?
as I said having IRGC is critical for our security so basically what you are asking is, why our army didn't become IRGC?
well it's already happening, you probably have heard that army is practicing the asymmetric warfare in their recent wargames, who knows maybe one day they become one, but whatever name they gain, their warfare style would be IRGC.
also I don't know what money you are talking about, army and IRGC aren't parallel forces, each one has it's duty, for example securing the Persian gulf is IRGC's duty and maintaining our interest on open seas (like fighting the pirates in Indian ocean) is army's duty, so even if our forces unite, their number wont decrease, yet we have to spend a lot of money for this union.
put all of these aside, two different armies has its own advantages, more resistance against information leak, more targets for enemies, more headquarters to guide the battlefield...
And why do they have hand on every single thing in the country ?
like what?
I don't agree , PJAK and any similar group use same guerrilla strategy .
Quds force has been created for such days . They can find their locations and give to IRGC to counter them or launch an attack .
PJAK is no longer a threat to Iran ( at least for years ) and they know military actions against Iran is suicide .
I didn't talk about patrol units here but the way we act against these terrorists . Poorly trained soldiers or police forces can't do much against them but an elite force with information can .
first of all change your view about police patrol forces, they use the same military euipment as army,
secondly there is no tactic, a soldier whether highly trained or not has to guard a part of border, against a group of terrorists armed with heavy weapons he has no chance.
thirdly why you say PJAK is no longer a threat, but think Jeisholadl is a threat?
just in the last six months:
اطلاعیه نیروی زمینی سپاه درباره شهادت 5 تن از نیروها - مشرق نیوز | mashreghnews.ir
شهادت دو تن از نیروهای هنگ مرزی پاوه در حمله تروریستی پژاک | سنقر دات نت
I think there was another 2 martyrs, but I don't remember.
so again I ask you the above question, and why nobody posted the picture of these soldiers?
why nobody has posted about them in this forum? why nobody has created a facebook campaign for them? why nobody asked for a protest against Iraq Embassy?
the fact is, some hands inside and outside Iran with different motives have created a propaganda war regarding the issue of Pakistan border.