Shams’s passing did not generate the same level of media attention as her brother’s death, but for those who remembered the Pahlavi family in their glory days, she remained an iconic figure of that no longer existed. While her name might not be as widely recognized as that of her brother, Mohammad Reza, Shams Pahlavi’s life provides an important, human context for understanding the Pahlavi dynasty’s rise and fall and the struggles of individuals caught up in turbulent 20th-century history.
