He is smarter than many Iranians are willing to acknowledge. It is also rumored that he is permitting Iran to 'smuggle' a certain level of support to Hezbollah via Syria.
There are claims that his administration is engaged in covert discussions with the Iranians. It seems he prefers not to have a confrontational relationship with Tehran, but he is seeking some form of compensation or reparations from them, too. If Iran is allowed to freely export its energy resources after the 60-day period, I believe Tehran will provide oil and gas in return for a normalization of the Syrian-Iranian relationship via Turkey because it's logistically the easiest route.