Following the deposition of Reza Shah after the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran in 1941, Shams and her husband accompanied her father during his exile to Port Louis, Mauritius, and later Johannesburg, South Africa.
After Reza Shah was overthrown in Iran due to the Anglo-Soviet invasion of 1941, Shams and her spouse traveled with her father as he went into exile first to Port Louis, Mauritius, then to Johannesburg, South Africa.